Etymology of the English word housemaster
the English word
housemasterderived from the English word
housederived from the Proto-Germanic root
*khusanderived from the English word
masterderived from the Old French word
maistrederived from the Late Latin word
magister (teacher, tutor, master)
derived from the Latin word
magis (bigger; greater)
derived from the Latin word
magnus (large; full, complete, utter; great; mighty; distinguished; large, great, big)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*meg- (great)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
