Where does “imminuens” come from?
imminuens (Latin) comes from Latin imminuo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
imminuens (Latin): abbreviating
Ancestry of “imminuens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | imminuo | I lessen or diminish; I abbreviate |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |