Where does “meestre” come from?
meestre (Old Portuguese) comes from Old Occitan maestre, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.
meestre (Old Portuguese): master
Ancestry of “meestre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | maestre | master; Master; magister |
| 2 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
Words derived from “meestre”