Where does “seigneur” come from?
seigneur (French) comes from Middle French seigneur, from Old French seignor, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.
seigneur (French): lord; seigneur
Ancestry of “seigneur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | seigneur | lord; sire |
| 2 | Old French | seignor | lord; sire; master |
| 3 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 4 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |
Words derived from “seigneur”