Etymograph

English

Minorite

Minorite comes from Latin minor.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEminor
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Minorita
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1537Minorite

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEminor
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Minorita
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1537Minorite

Earliest quotation: 1537, Anonymous, Original & Sprynge of All Sectes & Orders...: “Minores or Minorites descende from the aforesayd Barefootes, which…”

Formed from minor + -ite

Proto-Italic *minōs ‘less’

Latin minor ‘lesser’

Middle English minor

English minor

The story

From Medieval Latin Minorita, from Latin minor + -īta (‘-ite’), from Ordo Fratres Minores (‘Order of Friars Minor’), literally the "Order of the Lesser Brothers", chosen by St.

Linked words

through Latin minor

minister, menace, amenable, demean, 9 more

Today it means

noun Synonym of Franciscan: a friar of the Order of Friars Minor.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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