Where does “team ministry” come from?

team ministry (English) comes from English ministry, from Middle English mynisterie, from Old French menistere, from Latin ministerium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

team ministry (English): A ministry which administers multiple parishes

Definitions

  1. A ministry which administers multiple parishes

Ancestry of “team ministry”, step by step

team ministry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ministry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishministryGovernment department, at the administrative...
2Middle EnglishmynisterieThe place held by a member of the clergy and its...
3Old Frenchmenistere
4Latinministeriumministry; employment, ministration; service
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via English team

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishteamA set of draught animals, such as two horses in...
2Middle EnglishtemAlternative form of teme; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishtēamteam; child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of...
4Proto-Germanic*taum
5Proto-Germanictaumaza tie; tether; rope; cord; strap; leash; bridle;...
6Proto-Germanictaugijanąto stretch, draw
7Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius