French for 'small, detailed,' from Latin 'minutus' (small) — short for 'menu de repas' (detailed list of the meal).
A list of dishes available in a restaurant or served at a meal; also, a list of options in a computer interface.
From French menu (detailed list, bill of fare), from the adjective menu meaning small, detailed, minute, from Latin minūtus (small, minute), past participle of minuere (to lessen, to diminish), from PIE *mei- (small, to diminish). A menu is literally the detailed list — a shortened form of menu de repas (detailed list of the meal). The word entered English in 1837 when printed restaurant bills of fare became common in London. The same Latin root minūtus produced