English

launchmaster

From launch + master.

A compound of launch + master

Old Northern French lanchier

Middle English launchen ‘to throw as a lance’

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big’

Old Latin magester

Latin magister ‘chief’

Old English mǣster

Middle English maister ‘master’

Today it means

noun An officer in charge of launching a vehicle.

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

Etymograph / launchmaster