Esperanto

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Etymology

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Perhaps from the endings of Italian maestro, German Meister and Bürgermeister, and French bourgmestre.[1]

Suffix

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-estro

  1. shows the chief or boss of something
    ŝipo (ship) + ‎-estro → ‎ŝipestro (captain)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ André Cherpillod, Konciza Etimologia Vortaro, 2007