señor
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- mister, sir, lord title conferred on a married or an older male
- gentleman
- master
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish sennor (lord) inherited from Latin *senjor, senior, seniōrem (elder).
Origin
Latin
senior, seniōrem
Gloss
elder
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- senhor English
- señor English
- *senjor Latin
- senior Latin
- senior, seniōrem Latin
- seniōrem Latin
- monsù Italian
- nossignore Italian
- signoraggio Italian
- signore Italian
- signoreggiare Italian
- signorile Italian
- signornò Italian
- signorotto Italian
- sissignore Italian
- sinjoor Dutch, Flemish
- coseigneur French
- seigneur French
- seigneuresse French
- seigneurie French
- sieur French
- сеньор Russian
- enseñorearse Spanish, Castilian
- señorear Spanish, Castilian
- señorial Spanish, Castilian
- señoritingo Spanish, Castilian
- señorito Spanish, Castilian
- señoría Spanish, Castilian
- señorón Spanish, Castilian
- *sénos Proto-Indo-European
- assenhorear Portuguese
- senhor Portuguese
- senhoria Portuguese
- senhorio Portuguese
- senhorzinho Portuguese
- seignor Old French
- sire Old French
- sinjoro Esperanto
- senyor Cebuano
- senyorito Cebuano
- sinyo Indonesian
- sinioro Ido
- sioro Ido
- senyorito Tagalog
- seigneur Middle French
- sennor Old Portuguese
- sinjur Maltese
- signur Romansh
- segnor Old Occitan
- senhor Old Occitan
- sennor Old Spanish
- sennorio Old Spanish
- shon Papiamentu
- sinjaur Dalmatian
- sinhór Kabuverdianu
- monsù Piedmontese
- nhum Macanese