Etymograph

English

Scoutmaster

From scout + master.

A compound of scout + master

Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- ‘to hear’

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Latin auscultō ‘to listen’

Old French escouter ‘to listen, heed’

Old French escoute ‘action of listening’

Middle English scout

English scout

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big’

Old Latin magester

Latin magister ‘chief’

Old English mǣster

Middle English maister ‘master’

English master

Today it means

noun An adult leader of a group of Scouts.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Scoutmaster