Etymology of the English word menu
the English word
menuderived from the Old French word
menuderived from the Old French word
menutderived from the Late Latin word
minutus (small, insignificant, petty)
derived from the Latin word
minuere (lessen, reduce, diminish)
derived from the Latin word
minor (those inferior in rank, grade, age)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mei-derived from the Latin word
parvus (small, little, cheap)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pau-Date
The earliest known usage of menu in English dates from the 19th century.
Cognates
Catalan
menud, Dutch
menu, Dutch
minuut, Dutch
minutieus, English
minute, French
menu, French
minutieux, French
minute, German
Menü, German
Minute, German
minuziös, Icelandic
mínúta, Italian
minuto, Italian
menù, Lithuanian
meniu, Lithuanian
minute, Norwegian
meny, Norwegian
minutios, Polish
menu, Polish
minuta, Russian
мeню, Russian
минyтa, Spanish
minuto, Swedish
meny, Swedish
minut, Swedish
minutiösUsage
Word found in Modern English
