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About: The root word “Sen” is taken from the Latin word “Senex” which means “old man”. The derived words will always have the literal sense of the root word and a slight alteration of meanings is occurred from derived words depending upon prefixes and suffixes.

Words:

Senate (noun): The state council of the ancient Roman republic and empire, which shared legislative power with the popular assemblies, administration with the magistrates, and judicial power with the knights./ the governing body of a university or college.

Insenescence (noun): The process of growing old.

Senarchy (noun): The rule or government of elders.

Senesce (verb): (of a living organism) deteriorate with age.

Senator (noun): A member of a senate.

Senescent (adjective): Growing old; aging.

Senile (adjective): (Of a person) having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties.

Senility (noun): The condition of being senile.

Senior (adjective): Of a more advanced age.