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[min-uh-stroh-nee; It. mee-ne-straw-ne] 
–noun Italian Cookery.
| a thick vegetable soup, often containing herbs, beans, bits of pasta, etc., and served with Parmesan cheese. |
Origin:
1890–95; < It, equiv. to minestr(a) kind of soup (lit., something served; see minister ) + -one aug. suffix
1890–95; < It, equiv. to minestr(a) kind of soup (lit., something served; see minister ) + -one aug. suffix
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| min·e·stro·ne (mĭn'ĭ-strō'nē -strōn') n. A thick soup of Italian origin containing assorted vegetables, beans, pasta such as vermicelli or macaroni, and herbs in a meat or vegetable broth. [Italian, augmentative of minestra, dish consisting of pasta, rice, vegetables or beans cooked in water, from Old Italian, from minestrare, to dish up, serve this dish, from Latin ministrāre, to serve food, from minister, servant; see mei-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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minestrone
It. vegetable soup, 1891, from It., with aug. suffix -one + minestra "soup," lit. "that which is served," from L. ministrare (see minister).
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