Where does “masterdiploma” come from?

masterdiploma (Dutch) comes from Dutch master, from English Master, from English Mast, from French masse, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

masterdiploma (Dutch): master's degree

Definitions

  1. master's degree

Ancestry of “masterdiploma”, step by step

masterdiploma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch master

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmastera master, boss, superior
2EnglishMasterPrepended to a boy's name or surname as a form...
3EnglishMast
4Frenchmassea paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of...
5Old Frenchmacemace weapon
6Vulgar Latinmattia
7LatinmateolaThe meaning of this term is uncertain....
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos
10Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Dutch diploma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdiplomadiploma; deed, official document entitling one to...
2Latindīplōmaletter of recommendation
3Ancient Greekδίπλωμαsomething double; folded paper; double pot, for...
4Ancient GreekδιπλόωTo repeat a process; To double, multiply by two;...
5Ancient GreekδιπλόοςDouble; double pot
6Ancient Greek-πλόοςForms an adjective indicating repetition or...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin mateola