Where does “senior” come from?

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

senior (Latin): older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot

Definitions

  1. older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot

Ancestry of “senior”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
2Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold

Words derived from “senior”

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