Etymology of the English word minister
the English word
ministerderived from the Old French word
ministrederived from the Latin word
minister (attendant, servant, waiter; minister)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mei-derived from the Old French word
ministerderived from the Latin word
minister (attendant, servant, waiter; minister)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mei-Date
The earliest known usage of minister in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
ministered,
ministeringCognates
Dutch
minister, French
ministre, German
Minister, Italian
ministro, Lithuanian
ministras, Norwegian
minister, Polish
minister, Russian
министр, Swedish
ministerUsage
Word found in Modern English
