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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)

Derivations in French

sous-maîtresse

Derivations in other languages

Romanian metresă

Cognates

Portuguese mestra, Provençal majestra, Spanish maestra


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