maistre

See also: Maistre

English

Noun

maistre (plural maistres)

1. Archaic form of master.

Verb

maistre (third-person singular simple present maistres, present participle maistring, simple past and past participle maistred)

1. Archaic form of master.

Anagrams

• maestri, AIRMETs, Artemis, Ritsema, mariets, imarets, Reitsma, Maestri, masrite, mirates, misrate, maister, Temiars, Ter Sami, smartie, semitar

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French maistre.

Noun

maistre m (plural maistres)

1. master

Descendants

• French: maître (see there for further descendants)

Old French

Alternative forms

• mestre

Etymology

From Latin magister, magistrum.

Noun

maistre oblique singular, m (oblique plural maistres, nominative singular maistre, nominative plural maistre)

1. master; Master; magister (honorific title for a scholar)

Descendants

• Middle French: maistre
  • French: maître (see there for further descendants)
• Bourguignon: moître
• Gallo: maître
• Norman: maître
• Picard: moaître
• Walloon: mwaisse
• → Middle Breton: maestr
  • Breton: mestr
• → Middle English: maister, maistre, mayster, maystr, maistir
  • English: master (see there for further descendants)
  • English: mister (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: maister
• → Middle Welsh: meistyr
  • Welsh: meistr
• → Old East Slavic: мастеръ (masterŭ)
  • Russian: мастер (master)