English

flockmaster

From flock + master.

A compound of flock + master

Proto-Germanic *flukkaz ‘crowd, troop’

Proto-West Germanic *flokk

Old English flocc ‘flock, company, troop’

Middle English flok

English flock

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big’

Old Latin magester

Latin magister ‘chief’

Old English mǣster

Middle English maister ‘master’

Today it means

noun A head shepherd.

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

Etymograph / flockmaster