Where does “senyor” come from?

senyor (Catalan) comes from Old Catalan senyor, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.

senyor (Catalan): mister; sir

Definitions

  1. mister; sir

Ancestry of “senyor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Catalansenyor—
2Latinseniorolder, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot
3Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
4Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold

Words derived from “senyor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sénos →Every word from Latin senex →Every word from Latin senior →