Where does “mínimo” come from?

mínimo (Portuguese) comes from Latin minimus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)-.

mínimo (Portuguese): minimum; Clipping of dedo mínimo; Clipping of...

Definitions

  1. minimum; Clipping of dedo mínimo; Clipping of...

Ancestry of “mínimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminimusleast, smallest
2Proto-Indo-European*(s)mey(h₁)-—

Words derived from “mínimo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)- →Every word from Latin minimus →