523: maestro, master, and administrate May 14, 2016

'Maestro' is an Italian word, 'master' was a word in Old English, and 'administrate' comes from Old French, yet they're all related. How‽ The answer is not Proto-Indo-European exactly, but stems from the vast expanse of the Roman empire. All of these words come from 'magister' in Latin has various specific meanings, including 'ship-captain' and 'school-teacher', but none stray far from the idea of leadership.