Where does “minôr” come from?

minôr (Friulian) comes from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

minôr (Friulian): less; lesser, minor; minor

Definitions

  1. less; lesser, minor; minor

Ancestry of “minôr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
2Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
3Proto-Italic*eksmenā—
Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenā →Every word from Latin minae →Every word from Latin minor →