English mignon

← English mind (mention)

← English minion (link)

← French mignon (borrowed)

← Middle French mignon (derived)

← Old French mignon (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *minþijō (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *mindijō (mention)

← Old High German minnja (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *men- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *mnā- (mention)

← Dutch minnen (cognate)

← Old Saxon minnea (cognate)

→ English migniard (mention)

→ Chinese 免翁 (borrowed)