Word Origin Summary

Ministerium is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• menestrel

  Romanian · borrowed from

• minisztérium

  Hungarian · derived from

• minister

  Romanian · derived from

• mesti

  Kabuverdianu · derived from

• ministerio

  Esperanto · derived from

• ministério

  Portuguese · borrowed from

• métei

  Bourguignon · inherited from

• mester

  Papiamento · derived from

What You Can Explore

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