英语词汇minutia的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	minutia
词源	minutia n. "a small particular or detail, a trivial fact," 1751, usually in plural minutiae, from Latin minutia "smallness" (plural minutiae, in Late Latin "trifles"), from minutus "small" (from PIE root mei- (2) "small"). Entries linking to minutia* mei- 2 Proto-Indo-European root meaning "small." It forms all or part of: administer; administration; comminute; diminish; meiosis; Menshevik; menu; metier; mince; minestrone; minim; minimum; minister; ministration; ministry; minor; minuend; minuet; minus; minuscule; minute; minutia; Miocene; mis- (2); mite (n.2) "little bit;" mystery (n.2) "handicraft, trade, art;" nimiety. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit miyate "diminishes, declines;" Greek meion "less, smaller;" Latin minus, minor "smaller," minuere "to diminish, reduce, lessen;" Old English minsian "to diminish;" Russian men'she "less." minish v. mid-14c., minishen, "to lessen, diminish, make smaller," from Old French menusier, from Medieval Latin minutiare, from Latin minutia "smallness" (see minutia). Now obsolete or archaic. Related: Minishing; minishment. updated on January 27, 2019
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minutia n.