Where does “menuet” come from?

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

menuet (Romanian): minuet

Definitions

  1. minuet

Ancestry of “menuet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmenuetminuet
2Old Frenchmenuet—
3Old Frenchmenusmall
4Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
5Proto-Italicminwō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →