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Where does “ма́стер” come from?

ма́стер (Russian) comes from English Master, from English Mast, from French masse, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “ма́стер”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMasterPrepended to a boy's name or surname as a form...
2EnglishMast—
3Frenchmassea paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of...
4Old Frenchmacemace
5Vulgar Latinmattia—
6LatinmateolaThe meaning of this term is uncertain....
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “ма́стер”

  • мастерский
  • мастерской
  • мастерить
  • мастеровой
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