minuend/ˈmɪnjʊˌɛnd/EtymologyFrom Latin minuendus (“something to be diminished”), gerundive of minuō (“decrease, diminish”), by surface analysis, minus + -end.nounA number or quantity from which another is to be subtracted.“In the subtraction 10 − 4, 10 is the minuend and 4 is the subtrahend.”