English

ex-minister

From ex- + minister.

Proto-Indo-European *eǵ-

Latin ex ‘out of, from’

English ex-

Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘small’

…

Latin minor ‘less’

Latin minister ‘an attendant’

Old French ministre

Middle English ministre ‘a person tasked with a duty or job’

Today it means

noun Former minister.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ex-minister