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English word mistress comes from Latin magis (Better. More. More greatly. Rather.), Latin -ter (-ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives.), Latin -ester, Latin mag-, Latin glomeria, Proto-Indo-European *-tero-

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magis (Latin)

Better. More. More greatly. Rather.

-ter (Latin)

-ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives.

-ester (Latin)

mag- (Latin)

glomeria (Latin)

(Medieval, now historical) Glomery: formal Latin grammar, as taught in grammar schools.

*-tero- (Proto-Indo-European)

magester (Old Latin)

magistrum (Latin)

maistre (Old French)

Master; Master; magister (honorific title for a scholar).

mistress (English)

(transitive) Of a woman: to master; to learn to a high degree of proficiency. (Scotland) A married woman; a wife.. (obsolete) The jack in the game of bowls.. A dominatrix.. A female companion to a master (a man with control, authority or ownership). A female teacher.. A woman regarded with love and devotion; a sweetheart.. A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it.. A [...]

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