Where does “Bundesministerium” come from?

Bundesministerium (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.

Bundesministerium (German): federal ministry

Definitions

  1. federal ministry

Ancestry of “Bundesministerium”, step by step

Bundesministerium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ministerium

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

via German bund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbundalliance, federation, league
2Middle High Germanbunt
3Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius