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Where does “Außenministerium” come from?

Außenministerium (German) comes from German Ministerium, 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.

Außenministerium (German): ministry of foreign affairs

Definitions

  1. ministry of foreign affairs

Ancestry of “Außenministerium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMinisteriumministry
2Latinministeriumministry; employment, ministration; service
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →