Where does “senate” come from?

Senate comes from Middle English senat, from Old French senat, from Latin senatus, a noun formed with the suffix -atus from Proto-Indo-European sénos meaning "old" with the suffix -eh₂tos, itself from the root -tós.

senate (English): In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper...

Definitions

  1. In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper...

Ancestry of “senate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsenat—
2Old Frenchsenat—
3Latinsenātus—
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →