Where does “ministro” come from?
ministro (Chavacano) comes from Spanish ministro, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos.
ministro (Chavacano): minister
Ancestry of “ministro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ministro | minister |
| 2 | Latin | minister | attendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;... |
| 3 | Latin | minus | nominative neuter singular of minor; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | minos | — |