menudo (1) | OEDoS

menudo (1) (Adverb) "small" 13th cent. From Latin minutus 'id.' From minuere "to lessen." From Proto-Italic *minu-je/o- 'id.' A u-derivative from Proto-Indo-European mi̯-ne-h₁ 'id.' From the root mei̯h₁-* "little."* Indo-European Romance Asturian menude, Portuguese miúdo, Galician minuto, Catalan menut, French menu, Italian minuto, Aromanian minut, Romanian mărunt Germanic Gothic mins "less," Old Norse minnr 'id.,' Old High German mind 'id.,' Old Saxon min 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek μείων (meíon) "smaller" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit minā́ti "to damage" Tocharian B maiwe "small" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.