The story
- Latin · derived frommagister
- Old High German · derived frommeistar
- German · borrowed fromMeister“master, highly skilled tradesman; champion”
- English todaymeister
From German Meister (“master, highly skilled tradesman; champion”), from Old High German meistar, from Latin magister, whence also English master, mister, magister, and maestro, making all these words doublets of each other.
Words from the same roots
GermanMeister all →
-meister
Latinmagister all →
mastermagistermagistricide
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.