Where does “minister” come from?
minister (Romanian) comes from French ministère, 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.
minister (Romanian): ministry
Ancestry of “minister”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ministère | ministry |
| 2 | Latin | ministerium | ministry; employment, ministration; service |
| 3 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |