Where does “minestrone” come from?
minestrone (Italian) comes from Italian minestra, from Latin ministrō, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos — less.
minestrone (Italian): minestrone thick Italian vegetable soup
Definitions
- minestrone thick Italian vegetable soup
Ancestry of “minestrone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | minestra | soup; pasta |
| 2 | Latin | ministrō | to attend, wait upon, serve |
| 3 | Latin | minister | attendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;... |
| 4 | Latin | minus | nominative neuter singular of minor; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | minos | less |
Words derived from “minestrone”