Etymology

minimart

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Today it means: A convenience store. Full definition →

English mart ← Italian miniatura
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The story

  1. Italianminiatura
  2. Englishminiature
  3. Englishmini-
  4. Englishmart
  5. English todayminimart

From mini- + mart.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.