Where does “sire” come from?

sire (French) comes from Old French sire, from Vulgar Latin seior, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.

sire (French): sire; lord

Definitions

  1. sire; lord

Ancestry of “sire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsirenominative singular of sieur; master, sir, lord;...
2Vulgar Latinseior—
3Latinseniorolder, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot
4Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
5Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold

Words derived from “sire”

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