Where does “seigneu” come from?

seigneu (Norman) comes from Old French seignor, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.

seigneu (Norman): lord

Definitions

  1. lord

Ancestry of “seigneu”, step by step

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