Where does “Seyè” come from?

Seyè (Haitian Creole) comes from French Seigneur, from Middle French seigneur, from Old French seignor, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.

Seyè (Haitian Creole): Lord (God)

Definitions

  1. Lord (God)

Ancestry of “Seyè”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchSeigneurLord
2Middle Frenchseigneurlord; sire
3Old Frenchseignorlord; sire; master
4Latinseniorolder, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot
5Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
6Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sénos →Every word from Latin senex →Every word from Latin senior →