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-estro

-estro

Esperanto

Suffix

-estro

  1. shows the chief or boss of something, e.g. ŝipo ship, ŝipestro captain.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Esperanto_words_suffixed_with_-estro'>Esperanto words suffixed with -estro</a>

References

  1. ↑ André Cherpillod, Konciza Etimologia Vortaro, 2007

Etymology

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

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