Where does “minutage” come from?

minutage (French) comes from French minute, from Old French minute, from Latin minuta, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

minutage (French): timing

Definitions

timing

Ancestry of “minutage”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	minute	minute; wait a sec!; first-person singular...
2	Old French	minute	minute one sixtieth of an hour
3	Latin	minuta	nominative feminine singular of minūtus;...
4	Latin	minūtus	diminished, having been diminished
5	Proto-Italic	minwō	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	mēy-	soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “minutage”

minutaj

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →