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 — less.

minestrone (English): Any of many thick Italian vegetable soups

Definitions

  1. Any of many thick Italian vegetable soups

Ancestry of “minestrone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianminestroneminestrone thick Italian vegetable soup
2Italianminestrasoup; pasta
3Latinministrōto attend, wait upon, serve
4Latinministerattendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;...
5Latinminusnominative neuter singular of minor; accusative...
6Proto-Italicminosless
Every word from Proto-Italic minos →Every word from Latin minus →Every word from Latin minister →