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mino.

to drive or goad (animals)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈmɪ.noː]Classical-Latin[ˈmiː.no]

  1. to drive or goad (animals)

    conjugation-1

  2. to drive or lead (people)

    Late-Latin · conjugation-1
Where this word comes from

Collateral form of minor (“to threaten; to goad”). Attested in sense 1 from the second century CE in Apuleius. Sense 2 is found in numerous later works.

verb[ˈmiː.noː]Classical-Latin[ˈmiː.no]

  1. to mine

    Late-Latin · Medieval-Latin · conjugation-1

  2. to sap; to undermine

    Late-Latin · Medieval-Latin · conjugation-1
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin mīna Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin mīnō From mīna f (“ore; mine”) + -ō (denominative verb suffix), from Gaulish *mēnā (“ore; mine”).

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