desmenuzar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- to crumble
- to fine-tooth comb
Etymology
Affix from Spanish, Castilian menuza inherited from Latin minūtia.
Origin
Latin
minūtia
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *exminūtiāre Latin
- *minūtiamen Latin
- *minūtiālia Latin
- *minūtiāre Latin
- minutia Latin
- minūtia Latin
- menuise French
- minutie French
- menuza Spanish, Castilian
- minúcia Portuguese
- minúcia Catalan, Valencian
- esmiuzar Galician
- minuzie Friulian