That got me thinking, since I was pretty sure “sir” derives from “sire” which is related to French “(mon)sieur” so probably comes from Latin–and what I found is that is does come from Latin, but from “senior.” The more you know ::whoosh:: ::star::
For your “caesar” derivatives you have yer “kaiser” and “czar/tsar.” Hmm. I wonder what else. Salad. Roll.
(You’ve read so much of this story, I MUST finish yours 😀 😀 )
Domitian? Hold a grudge over mixed loyalties? Never!
(And we thought Aetna’s smoke was ominous…!)
A paranoid fear of betrayal and danger? That’s not Domitian’s style at aaaall….
Wait… is “sir” short for “Ceasar” and I only just moment put that together?
That got me thinking, since I was pretty sure “sir” derives from “sire” which is related to French “(mon)sieur” so probably comes from Latin–and what I found is that is does come from Latin, but from “senior.” The more you know ::whoosh:: ::star::
For your “caesar” derivatives you have yer “kaiser” and “czar/tsar.” Hmm. I wonder what else. Salad. Roll.
(You’ve read so much of this story, I MUST finish yours 😀 😀 )