Where does “senjor” come from?

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

senjor (Vulgar Latin): master, elder, lord, nobleman

Definitions

  1. master, elder, lord, nobleman

Ancestry of “senjor”, step by step

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

Words derived from “senjor”

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