myEtymology.com: English etymology of paymaster

Etymology of the English word paymaster

the English word paymaster

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)

derived from the English word pay

derived from the Old French word paiier

derived from the Latin word pacare (pacify, subdue)

derived from the Latin word pax (peace; harmony)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pag-