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menus

[men-yoo, mey-nyoo] Origin

men·u

[men-yoo, mey-nyoo]
noun
1.
a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare: Ask the waiter for a menu.
2.
the dishes served.
3.
any list or set of items, activities, etc., from which to choose: What's on the menu this weekend—golf, tennis, swimming?
4.
Computers. a list of options available to a user, as displayed on a CRT or other type of screen.

Origin:
1650–60; < French: detailed list, noun use of menu small, detailed < Latin minūtus minute2
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Word Origin & History

menu
1837, from Fr. menu de repas "list of what is served at a meal," from M.Fr. menu (adj.) "small, detailed," from L. minutus "small," lit. "made smaller," pp. of minuere "to diminish," from root of minus (see minus). Computer usage is from 1971, from expanded sense of "any detailed
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list," first attested 1889.
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