Etymology of the English word sirloin
the English word
sirloinderived from the English word
surloynderived from the Old French word
surlongederived from the Old French word
longederived from the Latin word
longus (long; long; tall; tedious)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*del-derived from the Vulgar Latin root
*lumbeaderived from the Classical Latin word
lumbus (loins; loins as the seat of sexual excitement)
derived from the Old French word
surderived from the Old French word
sur-using the Medieval Latin prefix
super-derived from the Classical Latin word
super (above)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*uperDate
The earliest known usage of sirloin in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
