Where does “minestraio” come from?

minestraio (Italian) comes from Italian minestra, from Latin ministrō, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos — less.

minestraio (Italian): fond of soup

Definitions

  1. fond of soup

Ancestry of “minestraio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianminestrasoup; pasta
2Latinministrōto attend, wait upon, serve
3Latinministerattendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;...
4Latinminusnominative neuter singular of minor; accusative...
5Proto-Italicminosless
Every word from Proto-Italic minos →Every word from Latin minus →Every word from Latin minister →
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