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Why "administrator" instead of "administer"?
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goes to look on etymonline
It looks like both forms of "minister" have a Latin root:
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=minister
And for "administrator":
https://www.etymonline.com/word/administrator
And "administer":
So while it was an interesting thought, it looks like all four words, "minister" (noun), "minister" (verb), "administrator" (noun), and "administrate" (verb) have Latin roots.
If I'm reading your research right, it seems that "administrator" comes to English from the French, while the rest come directly from the Latin. I want to think that's where the difference comes from.