mermar

Senso (Inglese)

to reduce

Con il trattino come
mer‧mar
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/meɾˈmaɾ/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin minimāre, a verb based on Latin minimus (“least”). Considering its rather late date of first attestation in Spanish (1603) and the absence of an inherited Portuguese counterpart, Coromines & Pascual suppose it was likely borrowed, through mercantile contacts, from Occitan mermar, a term well-attested since the twelfth century.

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