minute

minute
{{11}}minute (adj.) early 15c., "chopped small," from L. minutus "little, small, minute," pp. of minuere "to lessen, diminish" (see MINUS (Cf. minus)). Meaning "very small in size or degree" is attested from 1620s. Related: Minutely; minuteness.
{{12}}minute (n.) "sixtieth part of an hour or degree," late 14c., from O.Fr. minut (13c.) or directly from M.L. minuta "minute, short note," from L. minuta, noun use of fem. of minutus "small, minute" (see MINUTE (Cf. minute) (adj.)). In Medieval Latin, pars minuta prima "first small part" was used by mathematician Ptolemy for one-sixtieth of a circle, later of an hour (next in order was secunda minuta, which became SECOND (Cf. second) (n.)). Ger. Minute, Du. minuut also are from French. Used vaguely for "short time" from late 14c. As a measure expressing distance (travel time) by 1886. Minute hand is attested from 1726.

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