The story
From reckon + master. Compare West Frisian reckenmaster, rekkenmaster (“accountant”), Dutch rekenmeester (“accountant”), German Rechenmeister (“reckoner; arithmetician”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A mathematician or arithmetician. Full definition →
From reckon + master. Compare West Frisian reckenmaster, rekkenmaster (“accountant”), Dutch rekenmeester (“accountant”), German Rechenmeister (“reckoner; arithmetician”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.