Minus
German (Berlin)
/ˈmiːnʊs/
noun
Definitions
- (mathematics) minus negative quantity
- minus defect or deficiency
- (colloquial) minus minus sign
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin minus (less, lesser, smaller).
Origin
Latin
minus
Gloss
less, lesser, smaller
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- minus English
- miinus Finnish
- minus Latin
- minusculus Latin
- nihilominus Latin
- Minuszeichen German
- Zeichen German
- meno Italian
- mis- Italian
- menos Spanish, Castilian
- minusválido Spanish, Castilian
- minúsculo Spanish, Castilian
- *mey- Proto-Indo-European
- minus Norwegian Bokmål
- minúsculo Portuguese
- minus Norwegian Nynorsk
- minus Czech
- meins Old French
- minuskomplekso Esperanto
- menys Catalan, Valencian
- mínus Icelandic
- menos Galician
- missa- Old High German
- mains Norman
- минус Bulgarian
- menos Old Portuguese
- mens Occitan
- menos Asturian
- minus Crimean Tatar