After telling us the current meanings of the word (involving 'mastery' and 'authority over students & subjects etc.), all that Etymonline says is
As a title prefixed to the name of a young gentleman or boy of the better class not old enough to be called Mr., short for young master.
Those words come up in a post linked through 'the main word' below. Here, I list a few 'root-words' that tie that word into our lexicon....
The word “Master” is built on ancient words that mean "he who is Greater." #MasterKey #MasterRace #OldMasters #MasterBedroom #Mastered #Mastering #Masters #Grandmaster #Headmaster #Mastery #Massa #Masterful #Masterly #MasterMind #Masterpiece #MasterStroke #MasterWork #Meistersinger #Mr. #Overmaster #Paymaster #Postmaster #Ringmasteer #Scoutmaster #Taskmaster #Unmastered #Webmaster (I mean! why aren't they 'webMISTERs'?)
The word "Mister" is "an unaccented variant of 'Master'" (in America, 'Mister' is an address of "the better class" that is old enough to be called 'Mister'; but outside the U.S. (and sometimes within America if you use a rude tone), it might be a form of 'insult'---like when Han Solo refers to Leia as "Your Highness," or maybe "High Falutin" or "Grand Poobah" etc.)
I think of how butler Alfred calls Bruce Wayne "Master Bruce" ... even though a) he's been 'old enough to be called "Mister"' for a while now, and b) there is no "Mister Wayne" to hold that title.
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