sire
French
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) sire term of respect
- (obsolete) lord
Etymology
Inherited from Old French sire (lord, sir, master) inherited from Latin *seior, 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
- *seior Latin
- *senior Latin
- consenior Latin
- meum Latin
- senior Latin
- senioritas Latin
- Senior German
- signore Italian
- sire Italian
- coseigneur French
- mon French
- monsieur French
- seigneur French
- seigneuresse French
- seigneurie French
- senior French
- sieur French
- сеньор Russian
- senior Spanish, Castilian
- señor Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Portuguese
- senior Polish
- sir Middle English
- sire Middle English
- seignor Old French
- sire Old French
- sinioro Ido
- seigneur Middle French
- sennor Old Portuguese
- signôr Friulian
- siôr Friulian
- segnor Old Occitan
- senher Old Occitan
- sior Venetian
- sinar Dalmatian
- sinaur Dalmatian
- sinjaur Dalmatian
- senior Interlingua