Where does “masterfully” come from?
Masterfully derives from English masterful, from English master, from English mast, from French masse, from Latin massa meaning a lump or mass of material.
masterfully (English): In a masterful manner; in an extremely confident...
Definitions
- In a masterful manner; in an extremely confident...
Ancestry of “masterfully”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | masterful | Of or pertaining to the manner of a "master" of... |
| 2 | English | -ful | Used to form adjectives from nouns. Full of,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ful | Appended to nouns to form adjectives denoting... |
| 4 | Old English | -ful | full of; -ful |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -fullaz | -ful |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |