The story
- Latin · derived fromsenior
- Old French · derived fromsire
- Middle English · inherited fromsire
- English todaysire
From Middle English sire, from Old French sire, the nominative singular of seignor; from Latin senior, from senex. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sir. Cognate with French monsieur.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchsire all →
sir
Latinsenior all →
seniorsirseniority
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.