-estro

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Esperanto

Etymology

Perhaps from the endings of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian maestro, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Meister and Bürgermeister, and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French bourgmestre.[1]

Suffix

-estro

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

Derived terms

Esperanto terms suffixed with -estro

References

  1. ^ André Cherpillod, Konciza Etimologia Vortaro, 2007
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