myEtymology.com: English etymology of mastership

Etymology of the English word mastership

the English word mastership

derived from the English word master

derived from the Old French word maistre

derived 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)

using the English suffix -ship

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *-skapaz