Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign. · A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and in biological research). · A father; the head of a family; the husband. · A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
To father; to beget. · To turn (another person) into a vampire.
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.
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