*-teros (contrastive suffix), if following De Vaan's reconstruction. *<span class="searchmatch">minosteros</span> lesser, smaller *ministeros Latin: minister (see there for further descendants)...
Reconstruction:<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Italic</span>/magisteros Reconstruction:<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Italic</span>/<span class="searchmatch">minosteros</span> Reconstruction:<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Italic</span>/praiteros Latin: -ter, -iter De...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *minéwti, from *mey- (“small”) + *-néwti. *minuō to lessen, make smaller *minōs *<span class="searchmatch">minosteros</span> Latin: minuō Oscan: 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌅𐌖𐌌...
to influence from the related verb *minuō (“to lessen”). *minōs less *<span class="searchmatch">minosteros</span> *minuō Latin: minor (adjective), minus (adverb) Oscan: mins (adverb) ^...