Where does “meșteșugar” come from?
meșteșugar (Romanian) comes from Romanian meșteșug, 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 — big, great.
meșteșugar (Romanian): craftsman, artisan, tradesman
Definitions
- craftsman, artisan, tradesman
Ancestry of “meșteșugar”, step by step
meșteșugar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian meșteșug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | meșteșug | craft, profession, occupation, trade, skill, art |
| 2 | Hungarian | mesterség | craft, profession |
| 3 | Hungarian | mester | master |
| 4 | Italian | méster | — |
| 5 | German | meister | master |
| 6 | Middle High German | meister | master |
| 7 | Old High German | meistar | — |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | maester | — |
| 9 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
via Romanian ar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | ar | would; API; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Romanian | ară | to plough |
| 3 | Latin | arō | to plough, till; to cultivate land, farm; to acquire by tillage |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | araō | to plough |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éryeti | to be ploughing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erh₃- | to plough |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |