English
administrator
Administrator comes from Latin administrātor ‘manager, conductor, administrator’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadministrātor‘manager, conductor, administrator’literally ‘he that is near to attend’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023administrator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadministrātor‘manager, conductor, administrator’literally ‘he that is near to attend’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023administrator
Earliest quotation: 2023, Parija Kavilanz: “Kraft Heinz said the new products will be available…”
A compound of ad- + minister ‘attendant, servant, slave, waiter’ + ministrō + administrō ‘to attend upon, assist, serve’
Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’
Proto-Indo-European *minéwti ‘to lessen’
Proto-Italic *minuō ‘to lessen, make smaller’
Proto-Italic *minōs ‘less’
Proto-Italic *minosteros ‘lesser, smaller’
Latin minister ‘attendant, servant, slave, waiter’
Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’
Proto-Indo-European *minéwti ‘to lessen’
Proto-Italic *minuō ‘to lessen, make smaller’
Proto-Italic *minōs ‘less’
Proto-Italic *minosteros ‘lesser, smaller’
Latin minister ‘attendant, servant, slave, waiter’
Latin ministrō
Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to attach, bind, strengthen’
Proto-Indo-European *minéwti ‘to lessen’
Proto-Italic *minuō ‘to lessen, make smaller’
Proto-Italic *minōs ‘less’
Proto-Italic *minosteros ‘lesser, smaller’
Latin minister ‘attendant, servant, slave, waiter’
Latin ministrō
Latin administrō ‘to attend upon, assist, serve’
The story
Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”).
Every English word from Latin administrātor
Today it means
noun One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin administrātor / administrator