"-estro" meaning in All languages combined

See -estro on Wiktionary

Suffix [Esperanto]

IPA: /ˈestro/
Rhymes: -estro Etymology: Perhaps from the endings of Italian maestro, German Meister and Bürgermeister, and French bourgmestre. Etymology templates: {{ety|eo|:der<unc>|it:maestro|de:Meister|fr:bourgmestre}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "maestro", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "it" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Meister", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "de" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "bourgmestre", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Esperanto", "term" : "-estro", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "eo" }" data-lang="eo" data-title="-estro">, {{der|eo|it|maestro}} Italian maestro, {{der|eo|de|Meister}} German Meister, {{der|eo|fr|bourgmestre}} French bourgmestre Head templates: {{head|eo|suffix}} -estro
  1. shows the chief or boss of something Tags: morpheme

Inflected forms

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