Fun language fact: "daka" is hebrew for "minute" but it's literal meaning is "thin one" figurative being "the thin (shorter) time measure" in contradiction with an hour ("sha'aa")
Fun language fact: "daka" is hebrew for "minute" but it's literal meaning is "thin one" figurative being "the thin (shorter) time measure" in contradiction with an hour ("sha'aa")
Fascinating, "dakika" is "minute" in Swahili...probably similar in Arabic as well...yup, Google AI says "daqiqa" for the Latin alphabet version of minute in Arabic.
"minute" is also "small"
pars minuta prima (first small part) -> minute (1/60th of a circle, or of an hour)
secunda minuta -> second (1/60 of a minute)
minutus -> minute (adj), "very small in size or degree, diminutive or limited, petty"
source: etymonline