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Where does “meșteșug” come from?

meșteșug (Romanian) comes from Hungarian mesterség, from Hungarian mester, from Italian méster, from German meister, from Middle High German meister, from Old High German meistar, from Vulgar Latin maester, from Latin magister — big, great.

meșteșug (Romanian): craft, profession, occupation, trade, skill, art

Definitions

  1. craft, profession, occupation, trade, skill, art

Ancestry of “meșteșug”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmesterségcraft, profession
2Hungarianmestermaster
3Italianméster—
4Germanmeister
5Middle High Germanmeistermaster
6Old High Germanmeistar—
7Vulgar Latinmaester—
8Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
9Proto-Italicmagisteros—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great

Words derived from “meșteșug”

  • meșteșugar
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