köken: Inherited from Old French mestier, inherited from Vulgar Latin *misterium, a syncopated form of ministerium (whence French ministère). Compare Portuguese mister, also mester, Italian mestiere, Spanish and Catalan menester.
aile: arts et métiers, avoir du métier, c'est le métier qui rentre, corps de métier, ficelles du métier, il n'y a pas de sot métier, métier à tisser, métier de bouche, plus vieux métier du monde
köken: Borrowed from Middle Low German ambacht or its source Old Saxon ambaht, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (compare Old High German ambahti, ambaht (“service”), Old Saxon ambaht (“service”)), from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos.
vocation, calling; an inclination to undertake a certain kind of work, especially a religious career · office, official appointment, post · call (the act of calling to someone)