Where does “señorito” come from?

señorito (Spanish) comes from Spanish señor, from Old Spanish sennor, from Vulgar Latin senjor, from Latin senior, from Latin senex, from Proto-Indo-European sénos — old.

señorito (Spanish): a son of an important or respectable person;...

Definitions

  1. a son of an important or respectable person;...

Ancestry of “señorito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishseñormister, sir, lord; gentleman; master
2Old Spanishsennorlord
3Vulgar Latinsenjormaster, elder, lord, nobleman
4Latinseniorolder, elder; rather old; a lord, sir; an abbot
5Latinsenexold, aged, elderly; old person, old man, old...
6Proto-Indo-Europeansénosold

Words derived from “señorito”

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