myEtymology.com: French etymology of maîtresse

Etymology of the French word maîtresse

the French word maîtresse

derived from the Old French word maistresse

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)

Romanian metresă

Portuguese mestra, Provençal majestra, Spanish maestra