(from I&A)

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This magisterium should NOT be confused in any way with "majesty", which comes from an entirely different root

okay, this would seem an unlikely coincidence. magisterium, per AHD, stems from "Late Latin magisteriālis, from magisterius, from Latin magister, master, teacher". AHD's offering for majesty, OTOH, is a woefully unspecific "Middle English mageste, maieste, from Old French majeste, from Latin māiestās.]"

what is the meaning of "maiestas"? this looks suspiciously similar to 'maestro', which AHD claims finds roots in L. magister, or teacher. Anyone happen to know the italian word for teacher? or is 'maestro' it? i always assumed 'maestro' meant 'master'.

this query is going in every direction, and i've totally lost my train of thought...sorry

can anyone make sense of it? it just seems that these two roots are related somehow.