Senior
German (Berlin)
/ˈzeːni̯oːr/
noun
Definitions
- father, senior, the elder older of two close male relatives, especially with the same name
- (euphemistic) senior citizen, elderly person, older adult
- (sports) adult
Etymology
Borrowed 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
- senior English
- *seior Latin
- *senior Latin
- consenior Latin
- senior Latin
- senioritas Latin
- seniorentauglich German
- tauglich German
- signore Italian
- senior French
- senior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Portuguese
- senior Polish
- 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