-estro

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Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from the endings of Italian maestro, German Meister and Bürgermeister, and French bourgmestre.[1]

Suffix[edit]

-estro

  1. shows the chief or boss of something
    ŝipo (ship) + ‎-estro → ‎ŝipestro (captain)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ André Cherpillod, Konciza Etimologia Vortaro, 2007