Where does “minorans” come from?
minorans (Latin) comes from Latin minoro, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.
minorans (Latin): reducing, diminishing
Ancestry of “minorans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | minoro | I reduce or diminish |
| 2 | Latin | minor | comparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,... |
| 3 | Latin | minae | projecting points, pinnacles, battlements,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *eksmenā | — |