Where does “census” come from?
Census derives from Latin census, from Latin censēo meaning to assess or evaluate, traced through Proto-Italic kensēō and Proto-Indo-European ḱn̥s-é-ti to the root ḱem-.
census (English): An official count or enumeration of members of a...
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- An official count or enumeration of members of a...
Ancestry of “census”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 2 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |