Etymology · Late Latin
ministerialis
2 English words descend from Late Latin ministerialis, most common first.
- minstrelOriginally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.
- minstrelsyThe musical and other art and craft of a minstrel.