Where does “cense” come from?
cense (English) comes from English incense, from Middle English encens, from Old French encens, from Latin incēnsum, from Latin incensus, from Latin incendō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
cense (English): To perfume with incense; A census; A public rate...
Definitions
- To perfume with incense; A census; A public rate...
Ancestry of “cense”, step by step
cense traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English incense
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | incense | A perfume used in the rites of various religions;... |
| 2 | Middle English | encens | incense; smoke |
| 3 | Old French | encens | incense |
| 4 | Latin | incēnsum | — |
| 5 | Latin | incensus | set on fire; burnt; excited |
| 6 | Latin | incendō | to set on fire, burn, kindle |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Old French cense
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | cense | — |
| 2 | French | cens | census; feu-duty |
| 3 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 4 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |