French mignon

← English mind (link)

← Middle French mignon (inherited)

← Old French mignon (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *minþijō (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *mindijō (mention)

← Old High German minnja (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *men- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *mnā- (mention)

← Old Saxon minnea (cognate)

→ English mignonette (mention)

→ English mignon (borrowed)

→ English filet mignon (mention)

→ Catalan minyó (cognate)

→ French mignard (affix)

→ Italian mignon (borrowed)

→ Portuguese mignon (borrowed)

→ Portuguese menino (cognate)

→ Romanian mignon (borrowed)

→ Old Portuguese menỹo (cognate)