Etymology

postmaster

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Today it means: The head of a post office. Full definition →

English master ← Middle English maister ← Old English mǣġester
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  4. Proto-Italic*po
  5. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
  9. Proto-Italic*sinō
  10. Proto-Italic*pozinō
  11. Latinpōnō
  12. Latinposita
  13. Italianposta
  14. Middle Frenchposte
  15. Englishpost
  16. Proto-Indo-European*meǵh₂-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂-
  18. Proto-Italic*magisteros
  19. Latinmagister, magistrum
  20. Old Frenchmaistre
  21. Latinmagister
  22. Old Englishmǣġester
  23. Middle Englishmaister
  24. Englishmaster
  25. English todaypostmaster

From post + master.

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