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Minimum

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the smallest amount, value, or degree possible
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Stage 1 of 2
minimus
Latin · ancient
"smallest"
smallest, the superlative of parvus (small)
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Stage 2 of 2
minimum
English · 1660s
"the smallest possible amount or degree"
adopted directly for the smallest possible amount
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