Where does “menu” come from?

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

menu (Middle French): small

Definitions

  1. small

Ancestry of “menu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmenusmall
2Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
3Proto-Italicminwō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “menu”

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