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

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

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French maistre.

Noun

maistre m (plural maistres)

1. master

Descendants

• French: maître

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Old French

Alternative forms

• mestre

Etymology

From Latin magister, magistrum.

Noun

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

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

Descendants

• Bourguignon: moître
• Danish: mester (borrowing)
• Dutch: meester (borrowing)
• English: master (influenced)
• Finnish: maisteri (borrowing)
• Gallo: maestr
• German: Meister (borrowing)
• Middle French: maistre
  • French: maître, maitre
• Norman: maîte
• Picard: moaite
• Wallon: mwaisse