-estro

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Suffix

-estro

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

Derived terms
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References
  1. André Cherpillod, Konciza Etimologia Vortaro, 2007
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