'admin' originates from the word 'administration', which comes from Latin 'administratio', where 'ad-' meant 'to' and 'ministrare' meant 'to serve'.

'administratio' transformed into the Old French word 'administracion', and eventually became the modern English word 'administration', with 'admin' as a shortened form.

Initially, it meant 'to serve or manage', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'management tasks'.