Etymology

mini-floppy

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

English floppy ← 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. Englishflop
  9. Englishfloppy
  10. English todaymini-floppy

From mini- + floppy.

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