English word min comes from Proto-Indo-European *moy-, Malayalam minūta, Russian minutus, Malayalam minuta, and later Latin minutus (Petty, mediocre, commonplace. Small, little.)
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| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *moy- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| minūta | Malayalam (mal) | |
| minutus | Russian (rus) | |
| minuta | Malayalam (mal) | |
| *mi-nu | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| minut | Old French (fro) | |
| minuere | Latin (lat) | |
| minutus | Latin (lat) | Petty, mediocre, commonplace. Small, little. |
| minuto | Italian (ita) | Minute, moment (units of time) Fine, delicate, detailed. Tiny, minute. |
| minuta | Latin (lat) | |
| minute | Old French (fro) | Minute (one sixtieth of an hour). |
| minute | French (fra) | Wait a sec! Minute (etymology 1, time unit, all same senses). |
| minute | English (eng) | (architecture) A fixed part of a module.. (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.. (informal) A short but unspecified time period.. (obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.. (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time. A nautical or a geographic mile.. A [...] |
| min | English (eng) |