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