ministerie
Afrikaans
/ˌmə̯.nə̯sˈtɪə̯.ri/
noun
Definitions
- ministry government department under the authority of a minister
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish ministerie derived from French ministère derived from Latin ministerium (service, employment, ministry).
Origin
Latin
ministerium
Gloss
service, employment, ministry
Kanji
職
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- minister Latin
- ministerialis Latin
- ministerium Latin
- ministeriālis Latin
- Ministerium German
- mestiere Italian
- ministerie Dutch, Flemish
- ministère French
- ministériel French
- ministerio Spanish, Castilian
- ministerium Norwegian Bokmål
- ministério Portuguese
- ministerium Norwegian Nynorsk
- menistere Old French
- ministerio Esperanto
- ministeri Catalan, Valencian
- minister Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- meinistir Old Irish
- mester Old Portuguese
- ministeru Sicilian
- métei Bourguignon