Etymology

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Today it means: A wise person with knowledge of lore in any number of topics, such as history, genealogy, ancient poetry and possibly magic as well; A scholar. Full definition →

Middle English lore maistir
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The story

  1. Middle English · calque oflore maistir“teacher of knowledge”
  2. English todayloremaster

From lore + master, possibly a learned borrowing from Middle English or calque of Middle English lore maistir (“teacher of knowledge”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.