/min/
mine (excavation or explosive); pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mēy(H)- Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis Proto-Celtic *meinis Gaulish *meinabor. Vulgar Latin *mina French mine Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mina, Gaulish *meina (see also Welsh mwyn, Irish míanach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”).
appearance, physical aspect; expression
Related: avoir bonne mine, avoir mauvaise mine, faire bonne mine à mauvais jeu, faire grise mine, faire mine de, que, mine de rien, ne pas payer de mine
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mēy(H)- Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis Proto-Celtic *meinisder. Breton minbor. Latin miniōder. Italian minader. French mine Borrowed from Breton min (“beak, muzzle”) (from Proto-Celtic *meinis, in the sense of "red"), or from Italian mina, from Latin miniō (“to redden”).