Etymology

mini-diskette

Today it means: A 5.25-inch floppy diskette. Full definition →

English diskette ← Italian miniatura ← Latin minium
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The story

  1. LatinMinius
  2. Latinminium
  3. Italianminio
  4. Italianminiare
  5. Italianminiatura
  6. Englishminiature
  7. Englishmini-
  8. Englishdisk
  9. Englishcassetteinflu.
  10. Englishdiskette
  11. English todaymini-diskette

From mini- + diskette.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.