Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗Finely chopped meat; minced meat. · Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat. · An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait. · An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
From Middle English mincen, minsen; partly from Old English minsian, ġeminsian (“to make less, make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-West Germanic *minnisōn, from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną (“to make less”); partly from Old French mincer, mincier (“to cut into small pieces”), from mince (“slender, slight, puny”), from Frankish *minsto, *minnisto, superlative of *min, *minn (“small, less”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”); both from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Old Saxon minsōn (“to make less, make smaller”), Old Dutch minson (“to make smaller”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌶𐌽𐌰𐌽 (minznan, “to become less, diminish”), Swedish minska (“to reduce, lessen”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “slender, slight”). More at min.
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- Root classification mention*mey- (small)ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmincenenm
- Inherited-form mentionminsianang
- Inherited-form mention*minnisōngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*minnisōnągem-pro · to make less
- Derivation mentionmincerfro
- Derivation mention*minnizgem-pro
- Derivation mention*mey-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionminsōnosx
- Cognate mentionminsonodt · to make smaller
- Cognate mention𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌶𐌽𐌰𐌽got
- Cognate mentionminskasv
- Cognate mention𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃got
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