Where does “magistrature” come from?
magistrature (French) comes from French magistrat, from Latin magistratus, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.
magistrature (French): magistracy, magistrature
Ancestry of “magistrature”, step by step