Etymology

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Today it means: To break into smaller portions. Full definition →

Latin comminūtus
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  1. Latin · derived fromcomminūtus“crumbled, lessened”
  2. English todaycomminute

From Latin comminūtus (“crumbled, lessened”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.