Where does “Premierminister” come from?
Premierminister (German) comes from German Premier, from English premier, from French premier, from Middle French premier, from Old French premier, from Latin prīmārius, from Latin prīmus, from Latin prīsmos — passed , crossed.
Premierminister (German): prime minister
Definitions
- prime minister
Ancestry of “Premierminister”, step by step
Premierminister traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Premier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Premier | premier, prime minister |
| 2 | English | premier | Foremost; first or highest in quality or degree;... |
| 3 | French | premier | first; prime; premier |
| 4 | Middle French | premier | first |
| 5 | Old French | premier | first; beginning; start |
| 6 | Latin | prīmārius | One of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable. It was used as the title of a position in universities |
| 7 | Latin | prīmus | — |
| 8 | Latin | prīsmos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | priisemos | foremost, first |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 |