Where does “mincer” come from?
mincer (French) comes from Old French mincier, from Vulgar Latin minutiare, from Latin minutia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
mincer (French): chop into fine pieces
Definitions
- chop into fine pieces
Ancestry of “mincer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | mincier | to cut into small pieces |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | minutiare | — |
| 3 | Latin | minutia | smallness, fineness, minuteness |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |