Where does “insensibel” come from?
insensibel (Dutch) comes from French insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin insensibilis, from Latin sensibilis, from Latin sensus, from Latin sentire, from Latin sentio, from Proto-Italic sentjō — to be.
insensibel (Dutch): insensitive, crass
Definitions
- insensitive, crass
Ancestry of “insensibel”, step by step
insensibel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French insensible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | insensible | insensible; impervious |
| 2 | Old French | insensible | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | insensibilis | imperceptible, insensible; undetectable |
| 4 | Latin | sensibilis | perceptible, sensible; detectable |
| 5 | Latin | sensus | felt, perceived with the senses, having felt;... |
| 6 | Latin | sentire | present active infinitive of sentiō;... |
| 7 | Latin | sentio | I feel, I sense, I perceive; I perceive, I am... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sentjō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
via German sensibel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sensibel | sensitive |
| 2 | French | sensible | sensitive; leading tone |
| 3 | Latin | sēnsibilis | perceptible, sensible (that can be perceived by the senses) |
| 4 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |