Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗prefix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySmaller version of an item than usual. · With the hemline well above the knee.
Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Latin -um Latin minium Italian minio Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- Shortened from miniature, ultimately from Latin minium (“red lead”). Influenced by similarity to minimum and minus.
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- Derivation mentionminiumla
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