elder

nouns

a person who is older than you are

elder, senior

any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

elder, elderberry bush

any of various church officers

elder

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

a church official

used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

"Bill Adams, Sr."

elder, older, sr.