Where does “potionmaster” come from?
potionmaster (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.
potionmaster (English): An expert in magic potions
Definitions
- An expert in magic potions
Ancestry of “potionmaster”, step by step
potionmaster 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 potion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | potion | A small portion or dose of a liquid which is... |
| 2 | Middle English | pocioun | A liquid medicine or remedy; a medicinal... |
| 3 | Old French | pocion | — |
| 4 | Latin | potionis | genitive singular of pōtiō |
| 5 | Latin | potio | drinking; drink, draught, potion |
| 6 | Latin | potare | present active infinitive of pōtō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | poto | I drink |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |