Etymology

minicab

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Today it means: A small car used as a taxi (rather than a traditional black cab). Full definition →

English cab ← Italian miniatura
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The story

  1. Italianminiatura
  2. Englishminiature
  3. Englishmini-
  4. Englishcab
  5. English todayminicab

From mini- + cab.

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