Malster? I've never heard of that one before; someone who makes malt -- for brewing, one supposes?
I remember being told that the words brewster, baxter and webster became surnames had to do with the wake of the Black Death, but I have no idea if that's true or not.
Monster is from monstrum, which is most definitely Latin and not Old English.
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Date: 2006-08-25 07:55 pm (UTC)I remember being told that the words brewster, baxter and webster became surnames had to do with the wake of the Black Death, but I have no idea if that's true or not.
Monster is from monstrum, which is most definitely Latin and not Old English.