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
Definitions
- insensibility
Ancestry of “insensibleness”, step by step
insensibleness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English insensible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |