Where does “minutes” come from?
minutes (French) comes from French minuter, 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.
minutes (French): plural of minute; second-person singular present...
Definitions
- plural of minute; second-person singular present...
Ancestry of “minutes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | minuter | to time; to take minutes |
| 2 | French | minute | minute; wait a sec!; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Old French | minute | minute one sixtieth of an hour |
| 4 | Latin | minuta | nominative feminine singular of minūtus;... |
| 5 | Latin | minūtus | diminished, having been diminished |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | minwō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |