English
mister
Unaccented variant of master, attested since the 15th century.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- ‘cloud, fog, drizzle’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰstos
Proto-Germanic *mihstaz ‘mist, fog’
Old English mist
Middle English mist
English mist
The story
Unaccented variant of master, attested since the 15th century.
Today it means
noun Alternative spelling of Mister, especially when used as a form of address without a name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / mister