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Where does “minute” come from?

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

minute (Old French): minute

Definitions

  1. minute

Ancestry of “minute”, step by step

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

Words derived from “minute”

  • m
  • minute
  • min
  • ms
  • minutely
  • minuteness
  • mth
  • minuter
  • arcmin
  • Madalyn
  • mmole
  • arcminute
  • minutage
  • minutary
  • minutesworth
  • subarcmin
  • subarcminute
  • yester-minute
  • minutier
  • minutage
  • minuteur
  • minuta
  • minuter
  • minutes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →