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Mistry
Mistry comes from Hindi मिस्त्री ‘mechanic’, from Portuguese mestre ‘master’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *magisteros ‘bigger, greater’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*magisteros‘bigger, greater’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmagister‘master, chief, head, superior, director, president, leader, commander, conductor’
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500maestre‘master’
- Old Catalanmodernsame form
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500same form
- Old Galician-Portuguese, derivedc. 1100–1500meestre‘master’
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentmestre‘master’
- Hindic. 1500–presentमिस्त्रीmistrī‘mechanic’
- EnglishtodayMistry
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*magisteros‘bigger, greater’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmagister‘master, chief, head, superior, director, president, leader, commander, conductor’
- Old Occitanc. 950–1500maestre‘master’
- Old Catalanmodernsame form
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500same form
- Old Galician-Portuguese, derivedc. 1100–1500meestre‘master’
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentmestre‘master’
- Hindic. 1500–presentमिस्त्रीmistrī‘mechanic’
- EnglishtodayMistry
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- ‘good, great’
most, mo, mature, maturity, mat, maturation, maduro, matinee, demure, matin, mañana, 21 more
through Proto-Italic *magisteros ‘bigger, greater’
mastery, masterly, magisterium, 7 more
through Latin magister ‘master, chief, head, superior, director,…’
master, magistrate, maestro, meister, magisterial, magister, 10 more
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *magisteros / Mistry