英文词源
- senior
- senior: [14] Senior was borrowed direct from Latin senior, which was the comparative form of senex ‘old’. This in turn was descended from the Indo-European base *sen-, which also produced Welsh hen, Gothic sineigs, Lithuanian senas, and Armenian hin, all meaning ‘old’. English is also indebted to senex for senate and senile [17], while senior has contributed sir and the whole range of Romance terms of address, including monsieur, sennor, and signor.
=> senate, senior, sir - senior (adj.)
- late 13c., from Latin senior "older," comparative of senex (genitive senis) "old," from PIE root *sen- "old" (see senile). Original use in English was as an addition to a personal name indicating "the father" when father and son had the same name; meaning "higher in rank, longer in service" first recorded 1510s.
The Latin word yielded titles of respect in many languages, such as French sire, Spanish señor, Portuguese senhor, Italian signor. Senior citizen first recorded 1938, American English. - senior (n.)
- mid-14c., "person of authority;" late 14c., "person older than another," from senior (adj.). Sense of "fourth-year student" is from 1741, from earlier general sense of "advanced student" (1610s).
中文词源
senior：年长的，资格较老的，地位较高的，高级的
来源于拉丁语形容词senex, senis(老的)的比较级senior。
词根词缀： -sen-老 + -ior形容词词尾
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：senior 词源，senior 含义。
senior：年长的；资深的；大四学生
词根sen-指“年老”，同根词有senate（参议院，许是因为古罗马的议事人员都是年长者），senator（参议员），senile（年老的），senescence（衰老）。senior和sir同源，都来自拉丁语senior（年长的）。
senior：年长的，老年的，高级的
sen-,年老，-or,比较级后缀，词源同 prior.即更老的，引申诸相关词义。