Proto-Italic

*minuō

‘to lessen, make smaller’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *minuō.

16 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *minuō, most familiar first.

• minister ← ministre ← ministre ← minor ← *minōs
• minute ← mynute ← minūtus ← minuō
• ministry ← mynisterie ← menistere ← ministerium ← minister
• minor ← *minōs
• menu ← minūtus ← minuō
• minuet ← menuet ← menu ← menu ← menu
• menudo ← minūtus ← minuō
• minutia ← minūtus ← minuō
• minstrelsy ← minstralcie ← menestralsie ← menestrel ← ministralis
• minestrone ← minestra ← ministro ← minister ← *minosteros
• comminution ← comminūtiō ← comminuō ← minuō
• minish ← menuse ← menusier ← *minūtiāre ← minūtus

More words from *minuō

• diminuendo
• comminuible
• minuend
• ministrant

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *minuō