Where does “seu” come from?
seu (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Senhor, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.
seu (Portuguese): Second-person singular possessive pronoun. your;...
Definitions
- Second-person singular possessive pronoun. your;...
Ancestry of “seu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | Senhor | — |
| 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 |