Where does “minur” come from?

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

minur (Maltese): minor

Definitions

  1. minor

Ancestry of “minur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianminorecomparative degree of piccolo; superlative degree...
2Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
3Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
4Proto-Italic*eksmenā—
Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenā →Every word from Latin minae →Every word from Latin minor →