Morpheme
Minor
Type
free base
Denotation
smaller, less
Etymology
Latin minor, from parvus
Evidence
minor, minored, minoring, minoritarian, minoritarianism, minoritarians, minorities, minority, minors, nonminority
Notes
minorite and minister are doublets
Modern Base Analysis
<Minorite> denoting minority
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal constructions -itarian
from minority (<Minor + -i- + -ty>)
minoritarian, minoritarianism, minoritarians
See Also
Minus, Minim, Mine, Minu, Minist(e)r [Minister, Ministr], -itarian
