Where does “minore” come from?
minore (French) comes from French minorer, from Middle French minorer, from Latin minoro, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.
minore (French): first-person singular present indicative of...
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- first-person singular present indicative of...
Ancestry of “minore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | minorer | to diminish the value |
| 2 | Middle French | minorer | to diminish the importance |
| 3 | Latin | minoro | I reduce or diminish |
| 4 | Latin | minor | comparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,... |
| 5 | Latin | minae | projecting points, pinnacles, battlements,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *eksmenā | — |