myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of maestro

1. Etymology of the Italian word maestro

the Italian word maestro

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)

English maestro, French maestro, Portuguese maestro, Romanian maestru

Dutch magister, Dutch meester, English master, French maître, German Meister, German Magister, Icelandic magister, Icelandic meistari, Italian mastro, Lithuanian meistras, Polish majster, Portuguese mestre, Provençal majestre, Russian мacтep, Spanish maestre, Swedish magister, Swedish mästare, Yiddish majstr

derived from the Italian word maestro