Etymology

mini-mal

Today it means: A type of surfboard which is similar in shape to a mal (i.e. a malibu, or longboard) but shorter, being perhaps 7 to 8 feet where a mal is about 9 feet (surfboards are always measured in feet, even in metric countries). Full definition →

English mal ← Italian miniatura
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  1. Italianminiatura
  2. Englishminiature
  3. Englishmini-
  4. Englishmal
  5. English todaymini-mal

From mini- + mal.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.