Where does “piermaster” come from?
piermaster (English) comes from English Master, from English Mast, from French masse, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
piermaster (English): The person in charge of a pier
Definitions
- The person in charge of a pier
Ancestry of “piermaster”, step by step
piermaster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English pier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pier | A raised platform built from the shore out over... |
| 2 | Middle English | pere | A pear; A thing of little import or worth; A... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | pera | bag, satchel; wallet; scrip |
| 4 | Old Northern French | pire | — |
| 5 | Latin | petricus | — |
| 6 | Latin | petra | stone, rock |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πέτρα | rock formation: cliff, ledge, cave, ridge; stone |