Min
Origin 1
From minute.
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").
Full definition of min
Adjective
min
- (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 *gaminþijÄ… ("memory, remembrance"), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnÄ- ("to think"). Related to Icelandic minni ("memory"), German Minne ("love"). More at mine.
Noun
min
(plural mins)- (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
Origin 5
Abbreviation of minimum.