Where does “senhor” come from?

senhor (English) comes from Portuguese Senhor, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.

senhor (English): A Portuguese gentleman; Obsolete spelling of...

Definitions

  1. A Portuguese gentleman; Obsolete spelling of...

Ancestry of “senhor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseSenhorused before a name; Mister
2Latinseniorolder, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot
3Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
4Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sénos →Every word from Latin senex →Every word from Latin senior →