minute

• n. 分、分; 瞬間、瞬間; メモ、メモ; 会議議事録
• vt.記録する...書き留める
• adj.小さな、詳細な [ma??t; US -?t; ma?nu?; ma?ˋnut].

ラテン語のminutus、小さい、少し、PIE*mei、小さい、minus、最小と同じ語源に由来する。 minuteはラテン語のpars minuta prima、素数分の部分に由来し、当初は数学者が円の60分の1を指すために使用し、後に1時間の60分の1、つまり1分を指すために使用された。secondはラテン語のsecunda minuta、2番目の分、1/60秒に由来する。

ラテン語のminutus「小さい」、PIE*mei「小さい」、語源的にはminus「最小」と同じ。

minute

minute: [14] Latin minūtus ‘small’ was a derivative of the verb minuere ‘lessen’ (source of English diminish), which itself was based on the element min- ‘small’. In medieval Latin the term pars minuta prima ‘first small part’ was applied to a ‘sixtieth part of a whole’ – originally of a circle, later of an hour (likewise a second was originally a secunda minuta, a sixtieth of a sixtieth).

Hence minūta itself came to be used for the unit of time, and that was the original meaning of minute when English acquired it via Old French. Its use for ‘note, record’ may derive from the Latin expression minuta scriptura, which denoted the writing of a rough draft in ‘small’ writing. The adjective minute ‘small’ was an independent 15th-century borrowing direct from Latin.

A French descendant of minūtus is the adjective menu ‘small’; its extended sense ‘detailed’ has led to its noun use for ‘list’, and the expression menu de repas ‘meal list’ has given English menu [19]. Other members of the extended family of English words that come ultimately from Latin min- include métier, mince, minim [15], minimum [17], minister, minor, minstrel, minuet [17], minus, minuscule [18], and minutia [15].
=> menu, métier, mince, minister, minor, minstrel, minus, minuscule

minute (n.)

"sixtieth part of an hour or degree," late 14c., from Old French minut (13c.) or directly from Medieval Latin minuta "minute, short note," from Latin minuta, noun use of fem. of minutus "small, minute" (see minute (adj.)). In Medieval Latin, pars minuta prima "first small part" was used by mathematician Ptolemy for one-sixtieth of a circle, later of an hour (next in order was secunda minuta, which became second (n.)). German Minute, Dutch minuut also are from French. Used vaguely for "short time" from late 14c. As a measure expressing distance (travel time) by 1886. Minute hand is attested from 1726.

minute (adj.)

early 15c., "chopped small," from Latin minutus "little, small, minute," past participle of minuere "to lessen, diminish" (see minus). Meaning "very small in size or degree" is attested from 1620s. Related: Minutely; minuteness.

1. The Liberal Democrat 'ssupport fell away at the last minute .

自由民主党の支持率は最後の刻印で低下した。

2.The minute that the war started,everybody was glued to the television.

戦争とともに、すべての人がテレビ報道に目を光らせた。

3.He 'd telephoned with some phoney excuse she didn 't believe for a minute .

彼は彼女がまったく信じられない言い訳を探して電話をかけた。

4.Any minute now，that phone is going to ring.

その電話はいつでも鳴る可能性がある。

5. "Wait a damn minute ," Mindy spat. "Nobody said anything about staying overnight.「

「くそっ、ちょっと待って」とミンディは憤慨し、「誰も夜を過ごすと言ったことがない」