297: minute Oct 1, 2015

'Minute' as a unit of time, and 'minute' as an adjective mean different things and are pronounced differently. Not only are these words spelled the same, and are both from Latin, but they both derive from the same Latin word. The word ultimately comes from the word 'minutus' meaning ‘lessened’. The difference between unit of time and the epithet is came from the medieval Latin phrase 'pars minuta prima' meaning ‘first minute part.’