Where does “сеньор” come from?
сеньор (Russian) comes from French Seigneur, from Middle French seigneur, from Old French seignor, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.
сеньор (Russian): seigneur; señor; genitive/accusative plural of...
Definitions
- seigneur; señor; genitive/accusative plural of...
Ancestry of “сеньор”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | Seigneur | Lord |
| 2 | Middle French | seigneur | lord; sire |
| 3 | Old French | seignor | lord; sire; master |
| 4 | Latin | senior | older, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot |
| 5 | Latin | senex | old, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sénos | old |