Before revision: Etymology The form masterstik is recorded in English or Scots in a set of Aberdeen guild regulations dated to 1579, whereas "masterpiece " is first found in 1605, already outside a guild context, in a Ben Jonson play.OED:"Masterpiece".
After revision: Etymology The form masterstik is recorded in English or Scots in a set of Aberdeen guild regulations dated to 1579, whereas masterpiece is first found in 1605, already outside a guild context, in a Ben Jonson play.OED:"Masterpiece".