Where does “minuet” come from?

minuet (Latin) comes from Latin minuo, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

minuet (Latin): third-person singular future active indicative of...

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  1. third-person singular future active indicative of...

Ancestry of “minuet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinminuoI make smaller, lessen, diminish
2Proto-Italicminwō
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-Every word from Proto-Italic minwōEvery word from Latin minuo
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