Where does “menor” come from?

menor (Old French) comes from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

menor (Old French): smaller; smallest; very small

Definitions

  1. smaller; smallest; very small

Ancestry of “menor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
2Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
3Proto-Italic*eksmenā—
Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenā →Every word from Latin minae →Every word from Latin minor →