Where does “umunuta” come from?

umunuta (Rwanda-Rundi) 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.

umunuta (Rwanda-Rundi): minute

Definitions

  1. minute

Ancestry of “umunuta”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →