Etymology

magistery

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Today it means: A pure quality with the power to cure or to turn one substance into another; also, a substance such as a philosopher's stone able to turn one substance into another. Full definition →

Middle English magisteri ← Latin magisterium ← Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*méǵh₂s“big, great”
  2. Latin · derived frommagisterium“office of a chief, director, president, or superintendent; teaching office or authority of the Roman Catholic Church; authoritative statement”
  3. Middle English · inherited frommagisteri
  4. English todaymagistery

PIE word *méǵh₂s From Middle English magisteri, magistery (“academic degree of Master”), from Latin magisterium (“office of a chief, director, president, or superintendent; teaching office or authority of the Roman Catholic Church; authoritative statement”) (compare Late Latin magisterium (“philosopher’s stone”)), from magister (“master (title for a person in authority or one having a licence from a university to teach liberal arts and philosophy); teacher”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”) + *-teros (contrastive or oppositional suffix forming adjectives)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns, sometimes denoting groups and offices). By surface analysis, magister + -y. Doublet of magisterium. Cognate with French magistère, Old French magisteire.

Words from the same roots

Latinmagisterium all →

magisterialmagisterium

Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s all →

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