minish
[
min
-ish]
/ˈmɪn ɪʃ/
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
,
Archaic.
1.
to diminish or lessen.
Origin
1300-50;
late Middle English,
variant (assimilated to
-ish
2
) of
menuse
<
Middle French
menu
(
i
)
sier
<
Vulgar Latin
*minūtiāre
to lessen. See
minute
2
,
mince