Where does “mester” come from?
mester (Hungarian) comes from Italian méster, from German meister, from Middle High German meister, from Old High German meistar, from Vulgar Latin maester, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros — big, great.
mester (Hungarian): master
Ancestry of “mester”, step by step
Words derived from “mester”