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a masters degree is about mastery, not about being central/main/leading...

• john-h-k 11mo ago
  Masters degree is from “magister”, meaning director/chief/boss/leader
  • em-bee 11mo ago
    wikipedia says: The original meaning of the master's degree was thus that someone who had been admitted to the rank (degree) of master (i.e. teacher) and from Latin: magister, "teacher" teaching requires mastery, not leadership, although the concepts are related because mastery is also good for leadership. my armchair etymology suggests that master and mastery were closely related until it started to be applied to leadership as well.
    • john-h-k 11mo ago
      Magister means teacher and the things I mentioned. See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/magister#Latin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/magister#Latin