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Where does “stationmaster” come from?

Stationmaster comes from English master and English mast, from French masse, from Latin massa meaning a lump or mass, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- meaning to stand.

stationmaster (English): The person in charge of a railroad station,...

Definitions

  1. The person in charge of a railroad station,...

Ancestry of “stationmaster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstationA stopping place; A place where workers are...
2Middle Englishestacioun—
3Anglo-Normanestationgarrison; pause; break; visit to a church for...
4Latinstatiō—
5Latin-tiō—
6Latindissertātiō—
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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