sire
English
/saɪə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
- A male animal; a stud, especially a horse or dog, that has fathered another.
- (obsolete) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
- (obsolete) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sire 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
- dam English
- damsire English
- good English
- goodsire English
- grandsire English
- land English
- senior English
- sire-land English
- sirehood English
- sireless English
- sireth English
- *seior Latin
- *senior Latin
- consenior Latin
- meum Latin
- senior Latin
- senioritas Latin
- Senior German
- signore Italian
- sire Italian
- mon French
- monsieur French
- senior French
- sieur French
- sire French
- senior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Portuguese
- senior Polish
- sir Middle English
- sire Middle English
- 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