Etymology of the English word mincing
the English word
mincingderived from the English word
mincederived from the Old French word
mincierderived from the Vulgar Latin word
minutiarederived from the Latin word
minutia (smallness, fineness; minuteness)
derived 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-derived from the French word
minutususing the English suffix
-ingUsage
Word found in Modern English
