myEtymology.com: English etymology of seamster

Etymology of the English word seamster

the English word seamster

derived from the German word semester

derived from the Latin word semestris (half-yearly; of six months' duration)

derived from the Classical Latin word sex (six)

derived from the Latin word mensis (month)

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

using the English suffix -ster

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *-istrijon

derived from the English word seam

Word found in Modern English