sieur
French
noun
Definitions
- sir, Mr., lord; title of respect for a man
Etymology
Inherited from Old French sire (lord, sir, master) inherited from Latin *senior, senior (older, elder).
Origin
Latin
senior
Gloss
older, elder
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- senior English
- señor English
- *seior Latin
- *senior Latin
- consenior Latin
- meum Latin
- senior Latin
- senioritas Latin
- seniōrem Latin
- Senior German
- monsù Italian
- nossignore Italian
- signoraggio Italian
- signore Italian
- signoreggiare Italian
- signorile Italian
- signornò Italian
- signorotto Italian
- sire Italian
- sissignore Italian
- sinjoor Dutch, Flemish
- *seior, from der French
- -, der French
- LL. French
- VL. French
- frm French
- fro French
- it French
- la French
- meum, nominative neuter singular of m French
- meus French
- mon French
- mon, from der French
- monsieur French
- mum, a reduced variant of der French
- mun, from der French
- older, elder French
- pms French
- seigneur French
- senior French
- sire French
- sire, from der French
- enseñorearse Spanish, Castilian
- senior Spanish, Castilian
- señor Spanish, Castilian
- señorear Spanish, Castilian
- señorial Spanish, Castilian
- señorito Spanish, Castilian
- señoría Spanish, Castilian
- señorón Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Spanish, Castilian
- senhor Portuguese
- sénior Portuguese
- senior Polish
- sir Middle English
- sire Middle English
- seignor Old French
- sire Old French
- sinjoro Esperanto
- senyor Cebuano
- siorino Ido
- sioro Ido
- siorulo Ido
- sennor Old Portuguese
- sinjur Maltese
- signôr Friulian
- siôr Friulian
- segnor Old Occitan
- senher Old Occitan
- sennor Old Spanish
- sior Venetian
- sinar Dalmatian
- sinaur Dalmatian
- sinjaur Dalmatian
- sinhór Kabuverdianu
- senior Interlingua
- monsù Piedmontese