Etymology

minestrone

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Today it means: Any of many thick Italian vegetable soups. Full definition →

Italian minestrone ← Latin ministrō
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  1. Latin · derived fromministrō
  2. Italian · borrowed fromminestrone
  3. English todayminestrone

Directly from Italian minestrone, from minestra (“soup”, ultimately from Latin ministrō) + -one (augmentative suffix).

Words from the same roots

Latinministrō all →

minister

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