Where does “mister” come from?

mister (Mauritian Creole) comes from French mystère, from Middle French mystere, from Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον, from Ancient Greek μύστης, from Ancient Greek μυέω, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

mister (Mauritian Creole): mystery

Definitions

  1. mystery

Ancestry of “mister”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmystèremystery; mystery play
2Middle Frenchmysteremystery
3Latinmystēriummystery (secret rite or worship)
4Ancient Greekμυστήριονrevealed secret; mystery, secret; object used in...
5Ancient Greekμύστηςone who has been initiated, initiate
6Ancient GreekμυέωI initiate
7Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
8Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Ancient Greek -έωEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti