ammencire

Italian

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, from Frankish *minsto, *minnisto, superlative of *min, *minn (“small, less”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”).

Akin to Old French mincier, mincer (“to cut into pieces”).

Verb

ammencire

1. (transitive) to soften
2. (intransitive) to wither

Further reading

• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “ammencire”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati