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Where does “mynute” come from?

mynute (Middle English) comes from Old French minute, from Latin minuta, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

mynute (Middle English): minute; A sixtieth part; A coin of little worth

Definitions

  1. minute; A sixtieth part; A coin of little worth

Ancestry of “mynute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchminuteminute
2Latinminutanominative feminine singular of minūtus;...
3Latinminūtus—
4Proto-Italicminwō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “mynute”

  • m
  • minute
  • min
  • ms
  • minutely
  • minuteness
  • mth
  • minuter
  • arcmin
  • Madalyn
  • mmole
  • arcminute
  • minutage
  • minutary
  • minutesworth
  • subarcmin
  • subarcminute
  • yester-minute
  • मिनट
  • minit
  • مينيت
  • မိနစ်
  • iminithi
  • ਮਿਨਟ
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