Etymology

administrator

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Today it means: One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager. Full definition →

Latin administrātor ← Proto-Italic *minosteros ← Proto-Indo-European *minéwti
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*minéwti
  7. Proto-Italic*minuō?
  8. Proto-Italic*minōs
  9. Proto-Italic*minosteros
  10. Latinminister
  11. Latinministrō
  12. Latinadministrō
  13. Latinadministrātor
  14. English todayadministrator

Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”). Doublet of administrador.

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