That's what happens when latin disappears from the default baggage of an educated person and you can no longer recognize etymologies: master comes from magister (teacher). The owner of slaves was the dominus (which begat words like domain etc)
As well as Don and Doña
Yea. Like the italian "donna", which now means just "woman" (neutral, no honorifics)
While we're at that:
Ma,am -> madam -> ma dame -> mea domina (my mistress)
Arent master of craft and master bits same/similar? And what about the name Owner for things? I'm in favour of these moves but they feel like empty gestures to me.
That's a good question for pet owners who come on high-handed about animal rights: "So if your pet is a person, why does it need an owner?"
When my cat was still alive I called myself "cat daddy" - but mostly because of jazz & jazz cabbage