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That's what happens when latin disappears from the default baggage of an educated person and you can no longer recognize etymologies: master comes from magister

That's what happens when latin disappears from the default baggage of an educated person and you can no longer recognize etymologies: master comes from magister (teacher). The owner of slaves was the dominus (which begat words like domain etc)

acephal 6y ago
As well as Don and Doña
- ithkuil 6y ago
  Yea. Like the italian "donna", which now means just "woman" (neutral, no honorifics) While we're at that: Ma,am -> madam -> ma dame -> mea domina (my mistress)