Where does “menut” come from?

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

menut (Old Occitan): small

Definitions

  1. small

Ancestry of “menut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
2Proto-Italicminwō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “menut”

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