English

slammaster

From slam + master.

A compound of slam + master

Middle English *slammen

English slam

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big’

Old Latin magester

Latin magister ‘chief’

Old English mǣster

Middle English maister ‘master’

Today it means

noun A person whose role at poetry slams is a cross between that of a host and an emcee.

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

Etymograph / slammaster