Where does “minestrone” come from?
minestrone (English) comes from Italian minestrone, from Italian minestra, from Latin ministrō, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos.
minestrone (English): Any of many thick Italian vegetable soups
Definitions
- Any of many thick Italian vegetable soups
Ancestry of “minestrone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | minestrone | minestrone |
| 2 | Italian | minestra | soup; pasta |
| 3 | Latin | ministrō | — |
| 4 | Latin | minister | attendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;... |
| 5 | Latin | minus | nominative neuter singular of minor; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | minos | — |