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mini-

prefix
/ˈmɪn.i/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin miniumder. Italian minio Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- Shortened from miniature, ultimately from Latin minium (“red lead”). Influenced by similarity to minimum and minus.

  1. derived from minium

Definitions

  1. Smaller version of an item than usual.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA