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Something I have often wondered about is the meaning of "Mastro" in Mastro Livi's name. After a lot of 'poking about' I gather that his name is Lido Livi and that "mastro" - a not too uncommon...

I'm sure the other posters are correct: the word-root is common to many anglo/saxon/teutonic languages. A "little mester" is sheffield dialect word for a master craftsman practising his trade on a...