1520s, term of address used to men or boys expressing anger or contempt, archaic extended form of sir (in U.S., siree, attested from 1823).
sire
siren
Sirius
sirloin
sirocco
sirrah
-sis
sis
sisal
sis-boom-bah
sissify
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