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Etymology
Perhaps from the endings of Italian maestro, German Meister and Bürgermeister, and French bourgmestre.
Suffix
-estro
- shows the chief or boss of something
- ŝipo (“ship”) + -estro → ŝipestro (“captain”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ André Cherpillod, Konciza Etimologia Vortaro, 2007