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[minimum 词源字典] - minimum: see minute
[minimum etymology, minimum origin, 英语词源] - minimum (n.)
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- 1660s, "smallest portion into which matter is divisible," from Latin minimum "smallest" (thing), neuter of minimus "smallest, least," superlative of minor "smaller" (see minor). Meaning "least amount attainable" is from 1670s.
- minimum (adj.)
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- 1810, from minimum (n.).