minuscule的词源

英文词源

minuscule (n.)

1705, "small (not capital) letter;" as an adjective, "small," from 1727 (in printing; general sense of "extremely small" by 1893), from French minuscule (17c.), from Latin minuscula, in minuscula littera "slightly smaller letter," fem. of minusculus "rather less, rather small," diminutive of minus "less" (see minus). Related: Minuscular.

中文词源

minuscule：极小的

来自拉丁语minus,较小的，较少的，-cul,小词后缀，词源同molecule.即相当小的，极小的。

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