(Greek: smaller, less, fewer)

(Greek: smaller or lesser; little)

(Latin: small, little, less; decline, decrease, diminish; become less, reduce, becoming smaller or shorter)

(Latin: branch, branches, or a forked structure; ramus (singular), rami (plural); a general term for a smaller structure given off by a larger one, or into which the larger structure; such as, a blood vessel or nerve, divides)