Where does “меньшинство” come from?
меньшинство (Russian) comes from French minorité, from Latin minōritās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
меньшинство (Russian): minority subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
Definitions
- minority subgroup that does not form a numerical majority
Ancestry of “меньшинство”, step by step
меньшинство traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French minorité
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | minorité | minority |
| 2 | Latin | minōritās | minority (age) |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Russian ме́ньше
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ме́ньше | less (to smaller extent), smaller, fewer |