Where does “seigneurialism” come from?
seigneurialism (English) comes from English seigneurial, from English seigneur, from Middle French seigneur, from Old French seignor, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.
seigneurialism (English): Manorialism; feudalism
Definitions
- Manorialism; feudalism
Ancestry of “seigneurialism”, step by step
seigneurialism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English seigneurial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | seigneurial | Of or relating to a seigneur or to... |
| 2 | English | seigneur | A French feudal lord; a noble; The hereditary... |
| 3 | Middle French | seigneur | lord; sire |
| 4 | Old French | seignor | lord; sire; master |
| 5 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 6 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |