Words that come from Latin minus

388 words across 47 languages descend from Latin minus — including administration, minister, ministry, administrator, administer, minus, miscellaneous, minstrel.

See the etymology of minus itself →

English (56)

Finnish (47)

Latin (31)

Hungarian (31)

Swedish (30)

Italian (26)

German (20)

Spanish (16)

French (14)

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Portuguese (10)

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Romanian (6)

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Middle French (2)

Tagalog (2)

Dutch (2)

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Ido (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

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Asturian (1)

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Japanese (1)

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