Proto-Indo-European

*sénos

‘old’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *sénos.

20 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *sénos, most familiar first.

• sir ← sire ← senior ← senex ← *seneks
• senior ← senex ← *seneks
• senate ← senat ← senat ← senātus ← senex
• senator ← senātus ← senex ← *seneks
• sire ← senior ← senex ← *seneks
• senile ← senīlis ← senex ← *seneks
• senatorial ← senātōrius ← senātor ← senātus ← senex
• monsignor ← monsignore ← signore ← seniōrem ← senex
• signore ← seniōrem ← senex ← *seneks
• sene ← senex ← *seneks
• senescent ← senescens ← senēscō ← seneō ← senex
• signoria ← signore ← seniōrem ← senex ← *seneks

More words from *sénos

• senex
• senatus
• senesce
• senicide
• senatrix
• senatorian
• sencion
• senilicide

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sénos