Where does “minor” come from?

minor (Middle English) comes from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

Ancestry of “minor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
2Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
3Proto-Italic*eksmenā—

Words derived from “minor”

Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenā →Every word from Latin minae →Every word from Latin minor →