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Where does “meindre” come from?
meindre (Old French) comes from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.
Ancestry of “meindre”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
minor
comparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
2
Latin
minae
projecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
3
Proto-Italic
*eksmenā
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Words derived from “meindre”
moindre
amoindrir
moindrement
amoindrissable
amoindrissement
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