Etymograph

English

slavemaster

From slave + master.

A compound of slave + master

Middle English sclave

English slave

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big’

Old Latin magester

Latin magister ‘chief’

Old English mǣster

Middle English maister ‘master’

English master

Today it means

noun One who owns a slave.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “slavemaster”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / slavemaster