Where does “senior” come from?

senior (Romanian) comes from French senior, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.

senior (Romanian): senior

Definitions

  1. senior

Ancestry of “senior”, step by step

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

Words derived from “senior”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sénos →Every word from Latin senex →Every word from Latin senior →