Where does “miúdo” come from?

miúdo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese miudo, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

miúdo (Galician): small; smallish; child

Definitions

  1. small; smallish; child

Ancestry of “miúdo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemiudo—
2Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
3Proto-Italicminwō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “miúdo”

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