Etymology

mr

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English Misterabbr. ← Middle English maister ← Old English mǣġester
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Mr · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meǵh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂-
  3. Proto-Italic*magisteros
  4. Latinmagister, magistrum
  5. Old Frenchmaistre
  6. Latinmagister
  7. Old Englishmǣġester
  8. Middle Englishmaister
  9. Englishmaster
  10. Englishmister
  11. EnglishMisterabbr.
  12. English todayMr

Abbreviation of Mister.

MR · proper noun, noun, adjective2

Abbreviation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.