Where does “seniorită” come from?
seniorită (Romanian) comes from Spanish señorita, from Spanish señora, from Spanish señor, from Old Spanish sennor, from Vulgar Latin senjor, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.
seniorită (Romanian): señorita
Definitions
- señorita
Ancestry of “seniorită”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | señorita | young woman; Miss; snob |
| 2 | Spanish | señora | Mrs; lady |
| 3 | Spanish | señor | mister, sir, lord; gentleman; master |
| 4 | Old Spanish | sennor | lord |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | senjor | master, elder, lord, nobleman |
| 6 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 7 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |