Where does “minuta” come from?

minuta (Spanish) comes from English minute, from Middle English mynute, from Old French minute, from Latin minuta, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

minuta (Spanish): rough draft; bill; fee; list

Definitions

  1. rough draft; bill; fee; list

Ancestry of “minuta”, step by step

minuta traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English minute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishminuteA unit of time equal to sixty seconds; A short...
2Middle Englishmynuteminute; A sixtieth part; A coin of little worth
3Old Frenchminuteminute one sixtieth of an hour
4Latinminutanominative feminine singular of minūtus;...
5Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
6Proto-Italicminwō
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via French menu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmenuslim, small, fine; minor, trifling; detailed list
2Middle Frenchmenusmall
3Old Frenchmenusmall

via Spanish menudo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmenudowhat a; small, tiny; insignificant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-Every word from Proto-Italic minwōEvery word from Latin minūtus