Where does “sketchmaster” come from?
sketchmaster (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.
sketchmaster (English): An instrument for transferring photographic data onto a map (as in photogeology), operating on the camera lucida principle
Definitions
- An instrument for transferring photographic data onto a map (as in photogeology), operating on the camera lucida principle
Ancestry of “sketchmaster”, step by step
sketchmaster 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 sketch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sketch | To make a brief, basic drawing; To describe... |
| 2 | Dutch | schets | sketch |
| 3 | Italian | schizzo | squirt, splash; stain, spot, flake; sketch |
| 4 | Latin | schedium | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σχέδιος | near, close; temporary, offhand, casual,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σχεδόν | near, nearby; nearly, almost |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἔχω | I have, possess, contain, own; I hold; I have... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | hékʰō | to have |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | seǵʰ- | to hold; to overpower |