myEtymology.com: Romanian etymology of metresă

Etymology of the Romanian word metresă

the Romanian word metresă

derived from 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)