Etymology

monseigneur

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Today it means: An honorific form of address for an eminent person in France, especially under the Ancien Régime. Full definition →

Middle French monseigneur
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The story

  1. Middle French · borrowed frommonseigneur
  2. English todaymonseigneur

Borrowed from Middle French monseigneur. Doublet of monsieur and monsignor.

Words from the same roots

Middle Frenchmonseigneur all →

monsignor

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.