Etymology

minutia

mi·nu·ti·a
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Today it means: A minor detail, often of negligible importance. Full definition →

Latin minutia
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromminutia
  2. English todayminutia

Borrowed from Latin minutia, from minūtus (“small, little”), from minuō (“make smaller”). By surface analysis, minute + -ia.

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