English

huntmaster

From hunt + master.

A compound of hunt + master

Proto-Germanic *huntōną ‘to hunt’

Proto-West Germanic *huntōn ‘to hunt’

Old English huntian ‘to hunt’

Middle English hunten ‘to hunt’

English hunt

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big’

Old Latin magester

Latin magister ‘chief’

Old English mǣster

Middle English maister ‘master’

Today it means

noun The leader of a hunt.

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

Etymograph / huntmaster