Where does “minutiera” come from?

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

minutiera (Maltese): minute hand

Definitions

  1. minute hand

Ancestry of “minutiera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malteseminutaminute
2Italianminutotiny, minute, emaciated, thin; fine, delicate,...
3Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
4Proto-Italicminwō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →