Where does “headmistressy” come from?

headmistressy (English) comes from English headmistress, from English Mistress, from Middle English maistresse, from Old French maistresse, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros — big, great.

headmistressy (English): Resembling or characteristic of a headmistress

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a headmistress

Ancestry of “headmistressy”, step by step

headmistressy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English headmistress

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheadmistressA female school principal
2EnglishMistressUsed as the title of a married woman before her...
3Middle Englishmaistressemistress
4Old Frenchmaistresse
5Old Frenchmaistremaster; Master; magister
6Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
7Proto-Italicmagisterosbigger, greater
8Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros
9Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great

via English Y

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYA figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A...
2EnglishyuriA narrative or visual work featuring a romance or...
3Japanese百合lily
4Japanese連用形an inflectional category: the continuative or...
5Japanese見るto see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
6Japanesea dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
7Old Japanesea dream
8Japanesean order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
9Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂sEvery word from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isterosEvery word from Proto-Italic magisteros
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