Where does “ministrant” come from?
ministrant (English) comes from Latin ministrans, from Latin ministrō, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos.
ministrant (English): One who ministers; administering; attendant
Definitions
- One who ministers; administering; attendant
Ancestry of “ministrant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | ministrans | attending; waiting upon, especially at table;... |
| 2 | Latin | ministrō | — |
| 3 | Latin | minister | attendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;... |
| 4 | Latin | minus | nominative neuter singular of minor; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | minos | — |