The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
- Proto-Italic*po
- Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
- Proto-Italic*sinō
- Proto-Italic*pozinō
- Latinpōnō
- Latinposita
- Italianposta
- Middle Frenchposte
- Englishpost
- Proto-Indo-European*meǵh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₂-
- Proto-Italic*magisteros
- Latinmagister, magistrum
- Old Frenchmaistre
- Latinmagister
- Old Englishmǣġester
- Middle Englishmaister
- Englishmaster
- English todaypostmaster
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.