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Where does “signorotto” come from?

signorotto (Italian) comes from Italian signore, from Latin seniōrem, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.

signorotto (Italian): squire, country gentleman

Definitions

  1. squire, country gentleman

Ancestry of “signorotto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansignorelord, gentleman; sir; Lord, God
2Latinseniōrem—
3Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
4Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold
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