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)

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 Leonese: [Term?]
  - Asturian: esmenuzar
- 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, volume 6/2: Mercatio–Mneme, page 134