myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of magister

Etymology of the Latin word magister

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)

Albanian mjesht, French maistre, French maître, French magister, French meistre, German Meister, Italian maestro, Portuguese magíster, Portuguese mestre, Portuguese maestre, Romanian magistru, Romanian măiestru, Spanish maestre, Spanish maestro

Word found in Late Latin