Where does “minorer” come from?

minorer (French) comes from Middle French minorer, from Latin minoro, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

minorer (French): to diminish the value

Definitions

  1. to diminish the value

Ancestry of “minorer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchminorerto diminish the importance
2LatinminoroI reduce or diminish
3Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
4Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
5Proto-Italic*eksmenā—

Words derived from “minorer”

Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenā →Every word from Latin minae →Every word from Latin minor →
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