Where does “chartermaster” come from?
chartermaster (English) comes from English charter, from Middle English charter, from Old French chartre, from Latin chartula, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, from Italian carta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
chartermaster (English): A contractor for working a pit or part of a pit
Definitions
- A contractor for working a pit or part of a pit
Ancestry of “chartermaster”, step by step
chartermaster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English charter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | charter | A document issued by some authority, creating a... |
| 2 | Middle English | charter | — |
| 3 | Old French | chartre | charter; covenant; written agreement; record;... |
| 4 | Latin | chartula | Diminutive of charta a little paper; memorandum |
| 5 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 6 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 7 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 8 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 9 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via English Master
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Master | Prepended to a boy's name or surname as a form... |
| 2 | English | Mast | — |
| 3 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 4 | Old French | mace | mace weapon |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 6 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |