Where does “insensately” come from?
insensately (English) comes from English insensate, from Latin insensatus, from Latin sensatus, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census, from Latin census, from Latin censeo, from Proto-Italic kensēō — to cover, conceal; hornless.
insensately (English): In an insensate manner
Definitions
- In an insensate manner
Ancestry of “insensately”, step by step
insensately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English insensate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | insensate | Having no sensation or consciousness;... |
| 2 | Latin | insensatus | irrational |
| 3 | Latin | sensatus | sensible, intelligent, gifted with sense |
| 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 |