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Where does “urbestro” come from?

urbestro (Ido) comes from Esperanto urbestro, from Esperanto -estro, from German meister, from Middle High German meister, from Old High German meistar, from Vulgar Latin maester, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros — big, great.

urbestro (Ido): mayor

Definitions

  1. mayor

Ancestry of “urbestro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantourbestromayor
2Esperanto-estroshows the chief or boss of something
3Germanmeister
4Middle High Germanmeistermaster
5Old High Germanmeistar—
6Vulgar Latinmaester—
7Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
8Proto-Italicmagisteros—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great
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