Where does “chemosensibility” come from?
chemosensibility (English) comes from English sensibility, from French sensibilité, from Latin sensibilitas, from Latin sēnsibilis, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
chemosensibility (English): sensibility to (specific classes of) chemicals
Definitions
- sensibility to (specific classes of) chemicals
Ancestry of “chemosensibility”, step by step
chemosensibility traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sensibility
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sensibility | The ability to sense, feel or perceive;... |
| 2 | French | sensibilité | sensitivity |
| 3 | Latin | sensibilitas | sense, meaning; sensibility |
| 4 | Latin | sēnsibilis | perceptible, sensible (that can be perceived by the senses) |
| 5 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English chemo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chemo | Clipping of chemotherapy |