Where does “ministrer” come from?

ministrer (Middle French) comes from Old French ministrer, from Latin ministrō, from Latin minister, from Latin minus, from Proto-Italic minos — less.

Ancestry of “ministrer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchministrer
2Latinministrōto attend, wait upon, serve
3Latinministerattendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;...
4Latinminusnominative neuter singular of minor; accusative...
5Proto-Italicminosless

Words derived from “ministrer

Every word from Proto-Italic minosEvery word from Latin minusEvery word from Latin minister
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