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minorEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow.
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minor ātus, ārī, dep. Source etymology: minae , to jut forth, project : minantur In caelum scopuli, V.— To threaten, menace : homini: militibus servitium, S.: omnibus omnia: saxum undis, holds over , V.: urbi vincla, H.:
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minor minus, ōris, adj. comp. (for posit. and sup. see parvus, minimus) Source etymology: 3 MAN- , smaller, less : navigia, Cs.: pecunia minor facta: inter ignīs Luna minores, H.: Hibernia dimidio minor quam Britannia, l
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