min

Meanings

1. Abbreviation of minute.
2. Clipping of minute.

1. Less; smaller; lower.

1. Memory; remembrance.

1. to bring to the mind of; remind
2. to remember
3. to mention

1. Abbreviation of minimum.
2. Clipping of minimum.

1. minoxidil

1. An Ancient Egyptian god of fertility and procreation.

1. A river in Fujian, China.
2. A group of related Chinese languages from Fujian, including Hokkien and Eastern Min.
3. A widely construed ethnic group composed of the speakers of those languages.
4. Fujian province.

1. A river in Sichuan, China.

1. A male given name.
2. A female given name.

1. The Mountain Ok ethnic group of Sandaun, Papua New Guinea.

1. Alternative form of Ming.

1. Abbreviation of Mississippi: a state of the United States.
2. Abbreviation of Minneapolis: a city in Minnesota, United States.

Etymology

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”).