Etymology of the English word minimize
the English word
minimizederived from the English word
minimumderived from the Latin word
minimumderived from the Medieval Latin word
minimus (least)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mei-using the English suffix
-izederived from the Old French suffix
-iserderived from the Latin suffix
-izarederived from the Greek suffix
-izein, -ίζειν
Derivations in English
minimized,
minimizimgUsage
Word found in Modern English
