sire
Middle English
/ˈsiːr(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- Used preceding the name or title of a knight, noble, or cleric.
- A respectful term of address for a noble or gentleman.
- A noble or lord; one of high station.
- A husband as the head of a household.
- A father as one's progenitor.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sire (lord, sir, master) derived from Latin senior (older, elder).
Origin
Latin
senior
Gloss
older, elder
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- damsire English
- goodsire English
- grandsire English
- senior English
- sire English
- sire-land English
- sirehood English
- sireless English
- sireth English
- *seior Latin
- *senior Latin
- consenior Latin
- meum Latin
- senior Latin
- senioritas Latin
- Senior German
- signore Italian
- sire Italian
- mon French
- monsieur French
- senior French
- sieur French
- sire French
- senior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Portuguese
- senior Polish
- sir Middle English
- seignor Old French
- sire Old French
- sennor Old Portuguese
- signôr Friulian
- segnor Old Occitan
- senher Old Occitan
- sior Venetian
- sinar Dalmatian
- sinaur Dalmatian
- sinjaur Dalmatian
- senior Interlingua