Focus on the Word: "Maestro"



Maestro (il): someone who knows a discipline or an art so thoroughly that they can teach it to others. 

From the Latin root MAG-IS, MAG-NUS (= great) combined with the suffix -TER, thus meaning “greater” or “the greatest.”


Related words

il maestrale = mistral (wind) 

la maestria = mastery, virtuosity 

ammaestrare = tame, train (animal); to teach, to apprentice 

la vela maestra = main sail




The late Maestro Ennio Morricone, refined and talented artist, 
and creator of some of the best known film soundtracks.


Photo source: Wikimedia Commons


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