Proto-Italic
*magisteros
‘bigger, greater’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *magisteros.
14 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *magisteros, most familiar first.
- mistress ← maistresse ← maistresse ← maistre ← magister
- magistrate ← magistrat ← magistrātus ← magister
- mastery ← maistery ← maistrie ← maistre ← magister
- maestro ← magister
- meister ← meistar ← magister
- magisterial ← magisterialis ← magisterium ← magister
- masterly ← maisterli ← maister ← maistre ← magister
- magisterium ← magister
- magistral ← magistrālis ← magister
- magistra ← magister
- magistery ← magisteri ← magisterium ← magister
- maestria ← maestro ← magister
More words from *magisteros
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Etymograph / Proto-Italic *magisteros