Where does “minúsculo” come from?
minúsculo (Portuguese) comes from Latin minusculus, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.
minúsculo (Portuguese): minute; minuscule; tiny very small
Definitions
- minute; minuscule; tiny very small
Ancestry of “minúsculo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | minusculus | rather less; rather small |
| 2 | Latin | minor | comparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,... |
| 3 | Latin | minae | projecting points, pinnacles, battlements,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *eksmenā | — |