Where does “roastmaster” come from?

roastmaster (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.

roastmaster (English): One who leads a roast; A person in charge of...

Definitions

  1. One who leads a roast; A person in charge of...

Ancestry of “roastmaster”, step by step

roastmaster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Master

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMasterPrepended to a boy's name or surname as a form...
2EnglishMast
3Frenchmassea paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of...
4Old Frenchmacemace weapon
5Vulgar Latinmattia
6LatinmateolaThe meaning of this term is uncertain....
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos
9Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English roast

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishroastTo cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire...
2Middle EnglishrostenTo roast or grill; to cook over a griddle; To...
3Old Frenchrostirto roast; to torture by subjecting to fire
4Frankishrōstjanto roast
5Proto-Germanicraustijanąto roast
6Proto-Indo-European*Hrews-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós