monsù
Italian (Fiorentino)
/monˈsu/
noun
Definitions
- (northern Italy) mister, sir a title or form of address for a man
- (literary) A title given to foreign (especially French) artists or high-ranking men during the and .
Etymology
Borrowed from Piedmontese monsù derived from French monsieur (mister, gentleman), mon (my) + French it (sir)+ French frm + French mon, from der + French it (sir)+ French fro + French mun, from der + French it (sir)+ French VL. + French -, der + French it (sir)+ French LL. + French mum, a reduced variant of der + French it (sir)+ French la (the, war)+ French meum, nominative neuter singular of m + French la (the, war)+ French meus + French sieur + French it (sir)+ French fro + French sire, from der + French it (sir)+ French VL. + French *seior, from der + French it (sir)+ French la (the, war)+ French senior + French older, elder derived from Middle French mon derived from Old French mun derived from Latin mum, meum derived from Old French sire (lord, sir, master) derived from Latin *seior, senior (older, elder).
Origin
Latin
senior
Gloss
older, elder
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- La Porte English
- LaPorte County English
- Lapeer County English
- monsieur English
- senior English
- *seior Latin
- *senior Latin
- consenior Latin
- meum Latin
- mum Latin
- senior Latin
- senioritas Latin
- Senior German
- la Italian
- signore Italian
- sire Italian
- lacrosse Dutch, Flemish
- *seior, from der French
- -, der French
- LL. French
- La Rochelle French
- Labelle French
- Lacaille French
- Lafontaine French
- Lamotte French
- Laval French
- Lavoie French
- VL. French
- croque-monsieur French
- frm French
- fro French
- it French
- la French
- la barbe French
- lacrosse French
- laquelle French
- le mien French
- meum, nominative neuter singular of m French
- meus French
- mon French
- mon, from der French
- mondamoiseau French
- mondit French
- monsieur French
- mum, a reduced variant of der French
- mun, from der French
- older, elder French
- parabellum French
- pms French
- senior French
- sieur French
- sire French
- sire, from der French
- trompe-la-mort French
- месье Russian
- мсьё Russian
- senior Spanish, Castilian
- señor Spanish, Castilian
- sénior Spanish, Castilian
- μῆον Ancient Greek
- lacrosse Norwegian Bokmål
- sénior Portuguese
- senior Polish
- lacrosse Norwegian Nynorsk
- sir Middle English
- sire Middle English
- meon Old French
- mien Old French
- mon Old French
- mun Old French
- seignor Old French
- sire Old French
- la Esperanto
- sioro Ido
- moussieu Norman
- la Middle French
- mon Middle French
- sennor Old Portuguese
- signôr Friulian
- siôr Friulian
- mon Old Occitan
- segnor Old Occitan
- senher Old Occitan
- sior Venetian
- sinar Dalmatian
- sinaur Dalmatian
- sinjaur Dalmatian
- lachè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- lakou Haitian, Haitian Creole
- lamè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- mesye Haitian, Haitian Creole
- msye Haitian, Haitian Creole
- lakanpagn Mauritian Creole
- senior Interlingua
- monsù Piedmontese
- la Michif