Etymology

senex

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Today it means: An older or old man, chiefly as a stock character. Full definition →

Latin senex
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromsenex
  2. English todaysenex

From Latin senex.

Words from the same roots

Latinsenex all →

senicide

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.