Where does “minimal” come from?

minimal (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin minimus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)-.

minimal (Norwegian Bokmål): minimal, minimum

Definitions

  1. minimal, minimum

Ancestry of “minimal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminimusleast, smallest
2Proto-Indo-European*(s)mey(h₁)-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)- →Every word from Latin minimus →