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Where does “mægester” come from?

mægester (Old English) comes from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.

mægester (Old English): master

Definitions

  1. master

Ancestry of “mægester”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
2Proto-Italicmagisteros—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great
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