Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗A man of a higher rank or position. · A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position, particularly · to a knight or other low member of the peerage. · to a superior military officer.
From Middle English sir, unstressed form of sire, borrowed from Old French sire (“master, sir, lord”), from Latin senior (“older, elder”), from senex (“old”). Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sire.
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- Inherited-form mentionsirenm
- Derivation mentionsirefro · master, sir, lord
- Derivation mentionseniorla · older, elder
- Doublet mentionseigneuren
- Doublet mentionseignioren
- Doublet mentionsenhoren
- Doublet mentionsenioren
- Doublet mentionseñoren
- Doublet mentionsenyoren
- Doublet mentionsignoreen
- Doublet mentionsireen
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