Where does “Vizebürgermeisterin” come from?
Vizebürgermeisterin (German) comes from German Bürgermeisterin, from German Bürgermeister, from Middle High German burgermeister, from Middle High German meister, from Old High German meistar, from Vulgar Latin maester, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros — big, great.
Ancestry of “Vizebürgermeisterin”, step by step
Vizebürgermeisterin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bürgermeisterin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bürgermeisterin | mayor (female), mayoress leader of a city |
| 2 | German | Bürgermeister | mayor |
| 3 | Middle High German | burgermeister | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | meister | master |
| 5 | Old High German | meistar | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | maester | — |
| 7 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
via German Vize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vize | deputy |
| 2 | Latin | vice | ablative singular of vicis; vocative singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | vicis | change, alternation, turn; time, instance; season |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |