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Where does “Maître” come from?

Maître (French) comes from Middle French maistre, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.

Maître (French): a title given to lawyers and notaries public in...

Definitions

  1. a title given to lawyers and notaries public in...

Ancestry of “Maître”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmaistremaster
2Old Frenchmaistremaster; Master; magister
3Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
4Proto-Italicmagisteros—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great

Words derived from “Maître”

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