Where does “minor” come from?

minor (Spanish) comes from English minor, from Middle English minor, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

minor (Spanish): academic minor

Definitions

  1. academic minor

Ancestry of “minor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishminorOf little significance or importance; Of a scale...
2Middle Englishminor—
3Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
4Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
5Proto-Italic*eksmenā—
Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenā →Every word from Latin minae →Every word from Latin minor →