Where does “sanse” come from?
sanse (Danish) comes from Danish sans, from French Sens, from Italian senso, from English sense, from Middle English sense, from Old French sens, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census — to cover, conceal; hornless.
sanse (Danish): to sense
Definitions
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Ancestry of “sanse”, step by step
sanse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish sans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | sans | sense |
| 2 | French | Sens | meaning, sense |
| 3 | Italian | senso | sense; direction; purpose |
| 4 | English | sense | Any of the manners by which living beings... |
| 5 | Middle English | sense | meaning, signification; interpretation |
| 6 | Old French | sens | reason; ability to reason or think |
| 7 | Latin | sēnsus | faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense |
| 8 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 9 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 10 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |
via Danish e
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | e | — |