Where does “sire” come from?
sire (Italian) comes from Old French sire, from Vulgar Latin seior, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.
sire (Italian): king, monarch
Ancestry of “sire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | sire | nominative singular of sieur; master, sir, lord;... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | seior | — |
| 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 |