monsieur
French
noun
Definitions
- mister, sir a title or form of address for a man
Etymology
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
- *seior, from der French
- -, der French
- LL. French
- VL. French
- croque-monsieur French
- croquer French
- frm French
- fro French
- la French
- meum, nominative neuter singular of m French
- meus French
- mon French
- mon, from der French
- mondamoiseau French
- mondit French
- mum, a reduced variant of der French
- mun, from der French
- older, elder French
- pms French
- senior French
- sieur French
- sire French
- sire, from der French
- месье Russian
- мсьё Russian
- senior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Portuguese
- senior Polish
- sir Middle English
- sire Middle English
- mun Old French
- seignor Old French
- sire Old French
- moussieu Norman
- mon Middle French
- sennor Old Portuguese
- missier Maltese
- signôr Friulian
- segnor Old Occitan
- senher Old Occitan
- misseri Sicilian
- sior Venetian
- sinar Dalmatian
- sinaur Dalmatian
- sinjaur Dalmatian
- mesye Haitian, Haitian Creole
- msye Haitian, Haitian Creole
- senior Interlingua
- monsù Piedmontese