Etymology

masterstick

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Today it means: An essay written by a tradesman in order to qualify for his trade. Full definition →

Dutch meesterstuk
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromstik“piece”
  2. Dutch · borrowed frommeesterstuk
  3. English todaymasterstick

From Dutch meesterstuk. Cognate with Scots maisterstick. Compare also dialectal Dutch stik (“piece”), English steck (“piece”). See also masterpiece.

Words from the same roots

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masterpiece

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.