Etymograph

English

masterliness

From masterly + -ness.

Formed from masterly + -ness

Proto-Italic *magisteros ‘bigger, greater’

Latin magister ‘master, chief, head, superior, director,…’

Old French maistre ‘master’

Middle English maister ‘master’

Middle English maisterli

English masterly

Today it means

noun The quality of being masterly.

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

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