Where does “minestra” come from?
minestra (Italian) comes from Latin ministrō, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos.
minestra (Italian): soup; pasta
Ancestry of “minestra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | ministrō | — |
| 2 | Latin | minister | attendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;... |
| 3 | Latin | minus | nominative neuter singular of minor; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | minos | — |
Words derived from “minestra”