Where does “seigneur” come from?
seigneur (Old French) comes from Old French seignor, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.
seigneur (Old French): Alternative form of seignor
Definitions
- Alternative form of seignor
Ancestry of “seigneur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | seignor | lord; sire; master |
| 2 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 3 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |