Where does “minuta” come from?

minuta (Maltese) comes from Italian minuto, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

minuta (Maltese): minute

Definitions

  1. minute

Ancestry of “minuta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianminutotiny, minute, emaciated, thin; fine, delicate,...
2Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
3Proto-Italicminwō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “minuta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →