Words that come from Latin minus

400 words across 51 languages descend from Latin minus — including Mr., administration, Mr, minister, administrative, mystery, ministry, administrator.

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English (74)

Finnish (40)

Hungarian (32)

Swedish (31)

Latin (27)

Italian (23)

German (20)

French (13)

Spanish (13)

Portuguese (13)

Esperanto (9)

Old French (7)

Catalan (6)

Polish (6)

Romanian (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Dutch (5)

Czech (5)

Middle English (5)

Norwegian Nynorsk (5)

Latvian (4)

Danish (4)

Russian (4)

Norman (4)

Galician (3)

Tagalog (3)

Middle French (2)

Bulgarian (2)

Japanese (2)

Korean (2)

Greenlandic (2)

Ido (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Asturian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Chavacano (1)

Sicilian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Indonesian (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Hausa (1)

Norwegian (1)

Maltese (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Northern Sami (1)

Pijin (1)

Hindi (1)

Occitan (1)

Scots (1)

Words from Latin minus — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer