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Where does “pollmeister” come from?

pollmeister (English) comes from English meister, from German meister, from Middle High German meister, from Old High German meistar, from Vulgar Latin maester, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros — big, great.

pollmeister (English): pollster

Definitions

  1. pollster

Ancestry of “pollmeister”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmeisterA person of great skill or authority in a...
2Germanmeister
3Middle High Germanmeistermaster
4Old High Germanmeistar—
5Vulgar Latinmaester—
6Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
7Proto-Italicmagisteros—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great
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