Where does “sinhór” come from?

sinhór (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese Senhor, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.

sinhór (Kabuverdianu): sir, mister

Definitions

  1. sir, mister

Ancestry of “sinhór”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseSenhorused before a name; Mister
2Latinseniorolder, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot
3Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
4Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold

Words derived from “sinhór”

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