Where does “șire” come from?

șire (Romanian) comes from French sire, from Old French sire, from Vulgar Latin seior, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.

șire (Romanian): sire

Definitions

  1. sire

Ancestry of “șire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsiresire; lord
2Old Frenchsirenominative singular of sieur; master, sir, lord;...
3Vulgar Latinseior—
4Latinseniorolder, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot
5Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
6Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sénos →Every word from Latin senex →Every word from Latin senior →