"administrative" in seven languages

Meaningadministrative

Spanish

administrativo

/administɾaˈtibo/

learned

Also a noun: un administrativo is an office clerk.

French

administratif

/administʁatif/

learned

fem.: administrative

Italian

amministrativo

/amministraˈtivo/

learned

Portuguese

administrativo

/adʒiministɾaˈtʃivu/

learned

Romanian

administrativ

/administraˈtiv/

learned

Catalan

administratiu

/ədministɾəˈtiw/

learned

English

administrative

/ədˈmɪnəstɹeɪtɪv/

from Latin/French · Latin ADMINISTRĀTĪVUS (partly via French)

English → ItalianadministrativeamministrativoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ADMINISTRĀTĪVUM‘of management’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

Italian assimilates the d of AD- to the following m (amministrare, ammettere), where Spanish and French keep it. Inside sits MINISTER 'servant'.

English relatives: administration, administer, minister