• Min

    Origin 1

    From minute.

    Abbreviation

    abbreviation

    1. Alternative form of min."Dinner's ready, darling!" "Be there in a min!"

    Origin 2

    From Middle English min, from Old English min ("less", also "small, mean, evil, vile, harmful"), from Proto-Germanic *minniz ("less"), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)mey- ("small, little"). Cognate with Scots min ("less, lesser"), West Frisian min ("small, bad"), Dutch min ("less, small"), Low German minn ("small, low, lean"), German minder ("less"), Icelandic minna ("less"), Latin minus ("less").

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    Full definition of min

    Adjective

    min

    1. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) Less.
      • Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)The more and the minne

    Origin 3

    From Middle English, from Old Norse minni ("memory"), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją ("memory, remembrance"), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- ("to think"). Related to Icelandic minni ("memory"), German Minne ("love"). More at mine.

    Noun

    min

    (plural mins)
    1. (obsolete) Memory; remembrance.... and faith I've done that same and found me min; ... — Joshiah Gilbet Holland, "Sevenoaks", 1875

    Origin 4

    From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna ("to bring to mind"), from minni ("memory"). See above.

    Verb

    1. (transitive, obsolete) To bring to the mind of; remind.
    2. (transitive, obsolete) To remember.
    3. (transitive, obsolete) To mention.

    Origin 5

    Abbreviation of minimum.

    Noun

    min

    (plural mins)
    1. minimum"He's gotta be at least 60, min!"

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