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Where does “mastro” come from?

mastro (Esperanto) comes from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.

mastro (Esperanto): boss; master

Definitions

  1. boss; master

Ancestry of “mastro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
2Proto-Italicmagisteros—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great

Words derived from “mastro”

  • mastri
  • mastrumi
  • mastrino
  • termastro
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