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

  1. seigneur; señor; genitive/accusative plural of...

Ancestry of “сеньор”, step by step

сеньор traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French Seigneur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchSeigneurLord
2Middle Frenchseigneurlord; sire
3Old Frenchseignorlord; sire; master
4Latinseniorolder, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot
5Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
6Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold

via Spanish señor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishseñormister, sir, lord; gentleman; master
2Old Spanishsennorlord
3Vulgar Latinsenjormaster, elder, lord, nobleman
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sénosEvery word from Latin senexEvery word from Latin senior
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