minute的词源
英文词源
- minute
- minute: [14] Latin minūtus ‘small’ was a derivative of the verb minuere ‘lessen’ (source of English diminish), which itself was based on the element min- ‘small’. In medieval Latin the term pars minuta prima ‘first small part’ was applied to a ‘sixtieth part of a whole’ – originally of a circle, later of an hour (likewise a second was originally a secunda minuta, a sixtieth of a sixtieth).
Hence minūta itself came to be used for the unit of time, and that was the original meaning of minute when English acquired it via Old French. Its use for ‘note, record’ may derive from the Latin expression minuta scriptura, which denoted the writing of a rough draft in ‘small’ writing. The adjective minute ‘small’ was an independent 15th-century borrowing direct from Latin.
A French descendant of minūtus is the adjective menu ‘small’; its extended sense ‘detailed’ has led to its noun use for ‘list’, and the expression menu de repas ‘meal list’ has given English menu [19]. Other members of the extended family of English words that come ultimately from Latin min- include métier, mince, minim [15], minimum [17], minister, minor, minstrel, minuet [17], minus, minuscule [18], and minutia [15].
=> menu, métier, mince, minister, minor, minstrel, minus, minuscule - minute (n.)
- "sixtieth part of an hour or degree," late 14c., from Old French minut (13c.) or directly from Medieval Latin minuta "minute, short note," from Latin minuta, noun use of fem. of minutus "small, minute" (see minute (adj.)). In Medieval Latin, pars minuta prima "first small part" was used by mathematician Ptolemy for one-sixtieth of a circle, later of an hour (next in order was secunda minuta, which became second (n.)). German Minute, Dutch minuut also are from French. Used vaguely for "short time" from late 14c. As a measure expressing distance (travel time) by 1886. Minute hand is attested from 1726.
- minute (adj.)
- early 15c., "chopped small," from Latin minutus "little, small, minute," past participle of minuere "to lessen, diminish" (see minus). Meaning "very small in size or degree" is attested from 1620s. Related: Minutely; minuteness.
中文词源
来自拉丁语minutus,小的，少的，来自PIE*mei,小的，词源同minus,minimum.分钟义来自拉丁短语pars minuta prima,即prime minute part,最初被数学家用于指圈的1/60，后用于指小时的1/60，即1分钟。秒second来自拉丁短语secunda minuta,即second minute,第二个1/60，即1秒钟。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：minute 词源，minute 含义。
minute：极小的，微小的，会议记录
来自拉丁语minutus,小的，少的，来自PIE*mei,小的，词源同minus,minimum.引申词义极小的，微小的，后作用名词指会议记录。
作“微小的”时,来源于拉丁语动词minuere(缩小,减少)的过去分词minutus。作“分钟”时,来源于中古拉丁语短语pars minuta prima,其原始意义是“第一小部分”,被用作“整体的六十分之一”,原来“整体”是一个圆,后指一个小时。此后minuta被用来指时间单位。
词根词缀： -min-小 + -ute形容词词尾
