Where does “Ministerpräsident” come from?
Ministerpräsident (German) comes from German Minister, from French ministre, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos — less.
Ministerpräsident (German): minister-president, prime minister
Definitions
- minister-president, prime minister
Ancestry of “Ministerpräsident”, step by step
Ministerpräsident traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Minister
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Minister | minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service) |
| 2 | French | ministre | minister; indigo bunting, a bird with taxonomic... |
| 3 | Latin | minister | attendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;... |
| 4 | Latin | minus | nominative neuter singular of minor; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | minos | less |
via German Präsident
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Präsident | president; chairman, chairperson, chair |
| 2 | French | président | president; Speaker; third-person plural present... |
| 3 | Latin | praesidēns | sitting before or in front of |