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Where does “minijuego” come from?

minijuego (Spanish) comes from Spanish mini-, from English mini-, from English miniature, from Italian miniatura, from Italian miniare, from Latin miniare, from Latin minium, from Latin -um.

minijuego (Spanish): minigame

Definitions

  1. minigame

Ancestry of “minijuego”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmini-mini-
2Englishmini-Smaller version of an item than usual; With the...
3EnglishminiatureGreatly diminished size or form; reduced scale; A...
4Italianminiaturaminiature; thumbnail
5Italianminiareto illuminate; to miniate
6Latinminiare—
7Latinminiumnative cinnabar; red lead, minium
8Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
9Proto-Italic*-om—
10Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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