Where does “Vizeministerin” come from?
Vizeministerin (German) comes from German Ministerin, from German Minister, from French ministre, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos — less.
Ancestry of “Vizeministerin”, step by step
Vizeministerin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ministerin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ministerin | minister |
| 2 | German | Minister | minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service) |
| 3 | French | ministre | minister; indigo bunting, a bird with taxonomic... |
| 4 | Latin | minister | attendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;... |
| 5 | Latin | minus | nominative neuter singular of minor; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | minos | less |
via German Vize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vize | deputy |
| 2 | Latin | vice | ablative singular of vicis; vocative singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | vicis | change, alternation, turn; time, instance; season |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |