mini-, minor-, minut-, minu-, min-
(Latin: small, little, less)
minstrelsy
minuend
minus
minuscule
minute
minutely
minutia (singular; mi NOO she uh, mi NOO shuh)
A small, unimportant, or trivial detail.
minutiae (plural; mi NOO shi ee, mi NYOO shi ee)
Trifling, trivia, odds and ends, or unimportant details: "They were concerned about the minutiae that were included in the congressional bill."
Non ministrari sed ministrare.
Not to be served, but to serve
or Not to be ministered to, but to minister.
Motto of Queens College, Charlotte, North Carolina and Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA.
Terretur minimo pennae stridore columba unguibus, accipiter, saucia facta tuis.
O hawk, the dove that's been wounded by your talons is frightened by the least flutter of a feather.
A Latin idiom. The French, Italians, and Spanish have an equivalent idiom: "A scalded cat is afraid of cold water." Another similar idiom: "A burned child is afraid of a puff of smoke."
ultraminiature
Related "few, small, less, little" word units:
micro-;mio-;
nano-;
oligo-, olig-.
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