Where does “headmasterly” come from?
headmasterly (English) comes from English headmaster, 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.
headmasterly (English): In a manner befitting a headmaster
Definitions
- In a manner befitting a headmaster
Ancestry of “headmasterly”, step by step
headmasterly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English headmaster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | headmaster | A male school principal |
| 2 | English | Master | Prepended to a boy's name or surname as a form... |
| 3 | English | Mast | — |
| 4 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 5 | Old French | mace | mace weapon |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 7 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |