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minute

/ˈmɪnət/MIH-nuht
/ˈmɪnət/MIH-nuht

Meaningmade small

Common meaning: very small

Other meanings: also a sixtieth of an hour

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MI‘diminish’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 270, p. 739 · scan
  2. Latinminor, minimus; minuō‘smaller, less’
  3. Middle Englishminutesource
  4. Englishminute‘very small’ · today

minu also in: minusminorminimumdiminish

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin minor ‘smaller, less; to lessen’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry minor, p. 1147 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

diminishminimumminorminus

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