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Where does “menistere” come from?

menistere (Old French) comes from Latin ministerium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “menistere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinministeriumministry; employment, ministration; service
2Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “menistere”

  • ministry
  • superministry
  • ministryship
  • megaministry
  • underministry
  • mynisterie
  • ministri
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