Where does “mestre” come from?
mestre (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese meestre, from Old Occitan maestre, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.
mestre (Portuguese): master
Ancestry of “mestre”, step by step
Words derived from “mestre”