Where does “insensibleness” come from?
insensibleness (English) comes from English insensible, from Middle English insensible, from Old French insensible, from Late Latin insensibilis, from Latin sensibilis, from Latin sensus, from Latin sentire, from Latin sentio — to be.
insensibleness (English): insensibility
Ancestry of “insensibleness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | insensible | Unable to be perceived by the senses; Incapable... |
| 2 | Middle English | insensible | — |
| 3 | Old French | insensible | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | insensibilis | imperceptible, insensible; undetectable |
| 5 | Latin | sensibilis | perceptible, sensible; detectable |
| 6 | Latin | sensus | felt, perceived with the senses, having felt;... |
| 7 | Latin | sentire | present active infinitive of sentiō;... |
| 8 | Latin | sentio | I feel, I sense, I perceive; I perceive, I am... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sentjō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |