Etymology

remaster

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Today it means: To produce a new version of a recording by remixing the original master recordings. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*meǵh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂-
  8. Proto-Italic*magisteros
  9. Latinmagister, magistrum
  10. Old Frenchmaistre
  11. Latinmagister
  12. Old Englishmǣġester
  13. Middle Englishmaister
  14. Englishmaster
  15. English todayremaster

From re- + master.

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