Where does “minorile” come from?

minorile (Italian) comes from Italian minore, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

minorile (Italian): juvenile

Definitions

  1. juvenile

Ancestry of “minorile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianminorecomparative degree of piccolo; superlative degree...
2Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
3Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
4Proto-Italic*eksmenā—
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