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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

  1. Second-person singular possessive pronoun. your;...

Ancestry of “seu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “seu”

  • sua
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