maistre

See also: Maistre

English

Noun

maistre (plural maistres)

Archaic form of master.

Verb

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

Archaic form of master.

Anagrams

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French maistre.

Noun

maistre m (plural maistres)

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)

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 Welsh: meistyr
- Welsh: meistr
→ Old East Slavic: мастеръ (masterŭ)
- Russian: мастер (master)

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