Where does “minimizar” come from?

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

minimizar (Portuguese): to minimize

Definitions

  1. to minimize

Ancestry of “minimizar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemínimominimum; Clipping of dedo mínimo; Clipping of...
2Latinminimusleast, smallest
3Proto-Indo-European*(s)mey(h₁)-—

Words derived from “minimizar”

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