mesye
Haitian Creole
/meˈsje/
noun
Definitions
- mister, sir (a title or form of address for a man)
Etymology
Derived from French monsieur (mister, gentleman), mon (my) derived 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
- monsieur English
- senior English
- *seior Latin
- *senior Latin
- consenior Latin
- meum Latin
- senior Latin
- senioritas Latin
- Senior German
- monsù Italian
- signore Italian
- sire Italian
- croque-monsieur French
- mon French
- mondamoiseau French
- mondit French
- monsieur French
- senior French
- sieur French
- sire French
- месье Russian
- мсьё Russian
- senior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Portuguese
- senior Polish
- sir Middle English
- sire Middle English
- seignor Old French
- sire Old French
- moussieu Norman
- mon Middle French
- sennor Old Portuguese
- signôr Friulian
- segnor Old Occitan
- senher Old Occitan
- sior Venetian
- sinar Dalmatian
- sinaur Dalmatian
- sinjaur Dalmatian
- msye Haitian, Haitian Creole
- senior Interlingua
- monsù Piedmontese