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Re:GitHub abandons 'master' and 'slave' terms to avoid row by allan_s on Monday June 15, 2020 @03:42PM (#23532049)
master -> maetre (old french) -> magister latin

magister in latin, as far as I remember is the term used for the teacher (which is the same meaning in modern french, maître is how you call a teacher of primary school)

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