seigneur
French
noun
Definitions
- lord aristocrat, man of high rank
- lord master
- (Canada) seigneur a landowner, holder of a seigneurie
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French seigneur inherited from Old French seignor inherited from Latin seniōrem.
Origin
Latin
seniōrem
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- seigneur English
- seigneuresse English
- seigneurie English
- señor English
- senior Latin
- senior, seniōrem Latin
- seniōrem Latin
- signore Italian
- sinjoor Dutch, Flemish
- coseigneur French
- coseigneurial French
- seigneuresse French
- seigneurie French
- sieur French
- sire French
- сеньор Russian
- enseñorearse Spanish, Castilian
- señor Spanish, Castilian
- señorear Spanish, Castilian
- señorial Spanish, Castilian
- señorito Spanish, Castilian
- señoría Spanish, Castilian
- señorón Spanish, Castilian
- *sénos Proto-Indo-European
- senhor Portuguese
- senyour Middle English
- seignor Old French
- sire Old French
- senyor Cebuano
- sinioro Ido
- seigneu Norman
- signeu Norman
- seigneur Middle French
- sennor Old Portuguese
- sennor Old Spanish
- Segnô Ligurian
- sinjaur Dalmatian
- sinhór Kabuverdianu