senyour
Middle English
/sɛːˈnjuːr/
noun
Definitions
- A respectful term of address for a noble.
- Ruler, potentate; one with dominion or authority.
- A noble or lord; one of high station.
- An elder; one having authority due to their old age.
- (rare) An ancestor or progenitor.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French seignor 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
- seignior English
- seignioral English
- seigniorial English
- seigniorize English
- seigniorship English
- seigniory English
- senior English
- signory English
- *seior Latin
- *senior Latin
- consenior Latin
- senior Latin
- senior, seniōrem Latin
- senioritas Latin
- seniōrem Latin
- Senior German
- signore Italian
- senior French
- senior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Portuguese
- senior Polish
- seignurie Middle English
- seignor Old French
- seignurie Old French
- sire Old French
- seigneu Norman
- signeu Norman
- seigneur Middle French
- sennor Old Portuguese
- signôr Friulian
- segnor Old Occitan
- senher Old Occitan
- sior Venetian
- seignurie xno
- sinar Dalmatian
- sinaur Dalmatian
- sinjaur Dalmatian
- senior Interlingua