Where does “cryosensitivity” come from?

cryosensitivity (English) comes from English sensitivity, from English sensitive, from Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus, from Latin sentio, from Proto-Italic sentjō, from Proto-Indo-European sent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

cryosensitivity (English): sensitivity to cold

Definitions

  1. sensitivity to cold

Ancestry of “cryosensitivity”, step by step

cryosensitivity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sensitivity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsensitivityThe quality or state of being sensitive;...
2EnglishsensitiveHaving the faculty of sensation; pertaining to...
3Middle Frenchsensitif
4Medieval Latinsensitivussensitive; detectable, perceivable
5LatinsentioI feel, I sense, I perceive; I perceive, I am...
6Proto-Italicsentjō
7Proto-Indo-Europeansent-to head for, to go, to travel; to feel
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

via English cryo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcryocryoprecipitate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es-