Where does “minute” come from?

minute (Middle Low German) comes from Latin minuta, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Ancestry of “minute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminutanominative feminine singular of minūtus;...
2Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
3Proto-Italicminwō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “minute”

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