Where does “minut” come from?

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

minut (Romanian): minute

Definitions

  1. minute

Ancestry of “minut”, step by step

minut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French minute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchminuteminute; wait a sec!; first-person singular...
2Old Frenchminuteminute one sixtieth of an hour
3Latinminutanominative feminine singular of minūtus;...
4Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
5Proto-Italicminwō
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Italian minuto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianminutotiny, minute, emaciated, thin; fine, delicate,...

Words derived from “minut

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-Every word from Proto-Italic minwōEvery word from Latin minūtus