LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

minūtiāre

*minūtiāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancereconstructiondiminish, make small

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*minéwti
  3. Proto-Italic*minuō
  4. Latinminūtiāre

Latin minūtus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -iāre Latin *minūtiāre From minūtus + -iāre (causative verb-forming suffix).

Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanmenusarfrom Old Occitan menuzar
  • Occitandesmenusarfrom Old Occitan menuzar
  • Occitanesmenusarfrom Old Occitan menuzar
  • Old Frenchmenuisier
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseesmiuçarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese esmiuçar
  • Spanishdesmenuzarfrom Old Spanish menuzar
  • Catalandesmenussarfrom Old Spanish menuzar
  • Asturianesmenuzar
  • Galicianesmiuzarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese esmiuçar
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianmărunța
  • Romanianmărunți
Italo-Romance
  • Italianminuzzare
  • Italiansminuzzare
  • Neapolitanmenuzzà
  • Sicilianmunuzzari
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romanshmanisar
Gallo-Italic
  • Emilianminsá

In English words that came into English from minūtiāre

  • minish*minūtiāre

Quick answers

What does minūtiāre mean in Latin?
minūtiāre, a verb, means “diminish, make small”.
Where does minūtiāre come from?
Proto-Indo-European *mey- → Proto-Indo-European *minéwti → Proto-Italic *minuō → Latin minūtiāre.