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- Latin · borrowed frommagister“a master, chief, head, superior, director, teacher, etc.”
- English todaymagister
Borrowed from Latin magister (“a master, chief, head, superior, director, teacher, etc.”), from magis (“more or great”) + -ter. Doublet of maestro, master, and meister.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.