köken: From Middle High German an, ane, from Old High German ano, from Proto-Germanic *anô (“forefather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“ancestor”). Cognate with Latin anus.
köken: PIE word *h₂éd From Old French ascendant, borrowed from Latin ascendentem, the accusative singular of ascendēns (“ascending, rising”), the present participle of ascendō, adscendō (“to climb up, go up, move upwards; to rise; to spring up”), from ad- (prefix meaning ‘(up) to’) + scandō (“to ascend, climb, mount; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump; to…
senior, a student in one of one's last year at a university or college · student who is a member of a student society (studentenvereniging) for over a year
köken: Clipping of ouderejaarsstudent. Equivalent to ouder (“older”) + -e- + jaar (“year”) + -s-.
Terwijl er meer dan genoeg animo is voor het competitieroeien door eerstejaars, komt het voor ouderejaars nog steeds niet echt op gang.
Bij de meeste gezelligheidsverenigingen wordt er bijvoorbeeld een onderscheid gemaakt tussen eerstejaars en ouderejaars.
ancestral (relating to ancestors) · archaic (extremely old)
çekim: çoğul ancestrais
köken: From the Old French adjective ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor (“predecessor”), an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the former from Proto-Italic *kezdō (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).
higher, upper (physical position) · senior, superior, top (rank, social position) · higher, superior, advanced (quality, qualification)
zıt: κατώτερος
köken: From Ancient Greek ἀνώτερος (anṓteros). A comparative form derived from an adverb: άνω (áno, “upper, over”) + -τερος (-teros, “comparative suffix”).
a person who entered one’s school earlier · an older alumnus (graduate) of one’s school · a person who entered one’s workplace earlier; a senior; one who has seniority
köken: From Middle Chinese 先輩 (MC sen pwojH). Doublet of ソンベ (sonbe).
köken: Borrowed from Hokkien 阿姊 (á-chí / á-ché, “eldest sister”) as per Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948). Compare Indonesian ace, Kapampangan atsi, Remontado Agta itti. Doublet of atsi.
aile: ateng, atihin, mag-ate
Nagluto sina ate at nanay ng pananghalian namin.
Tinanong ko si ate sa hayskul, "Ate, ano po ang mga gawain niyo sa hayskul".