Where does “мастеровой” come from?
мастеровой (Russian) comes from Russian ма́стер, from English Master, from English Mast, from French masse, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
мастеровой (Russian): artisan, craftsman, worker; workman, factory...
Definitions
- artisan, craftsman, worker; workman, factory...
Ancestry of “мастеровой”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ма́стер | master, craftsman, expert |
| 2 | English | Master | Prepended to a boy's name or surname as a form... |
| 3 | English | Mast | — |
| 4 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 5 | Old French | mace | mace weapon |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 7 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |