## Meanings
1. Small or not very important.
2. Not serious or dangerous.
3. A person who is below the legal age of an adult.
4. Relating to a musical key or scale that often sounds sad.

## Examples
- There were only a few minor problems with the plan.
- She suffered only minor injuries in the accident.
- It is illegal to sell alcohol to a minor.
- The song is written in a minor key.

## Antonyms
- major

## Derived Forms
- minor-league
- minorate
- minoress
- minorise
- minorish
- minorite
- minority
- minorize
- minorly
- minorship
- nonminor
- semi-minor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *mey- (small)
- Root: minor
- Root: menor

## Etymology
From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow.

## AI Etymology
Minor comes from Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. In present-day English its meanings include small or not very important, not serious or dangerous, and a person who is below the legal age of an adult. The historical chain runs through *mey- (small) (Proto-Indo-European), minor (Middle English), minor (Latin), and menor (Middle French). Related and derived forms include minor-league, minorate, and minoress.

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