Definitions
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
Word origin
From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-West Germanic *minni, from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *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”).
Used in a sentence
“Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min!”
“The more and the minne”
“[…] and faith I've done that same and found me min; […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Time unit, briefly”3 letters
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