Reconstruction:Latin/minutiare

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From minūtus +‎ -iāre (causative verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪnuˈtʲare/

Verb

*minūtiāre (Proto-Romance)

1. diminish, make small

Reconstruction notes

Various descendants have taken on the prefix ex- or dis-.

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: mărunța (archaic) ⇒ mărunți
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: minuzzare (archaic), sminuzzare
  • Sicilian: munuzzari
• North Italian:
  • Emilian: minsá
  • Romansch: manisar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: menuisier
    • French: menuiser
  • Old Occitan: menuzar
    • Occitan: menusar, desmenusar, esmenusar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]
    • Galician: esmiuzar
    • Portuguese: esmiuçar
  • Old Spanish: menuzar
    • Spanish: desmenuzar
      • → Catalan: desmenussar

References

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “*mĭnūtiare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 410
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “mĭnūtiare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page 134