Where does “insensiblist” come from?
insensiblist (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.
insensiblist (English): An unfeeling person
Definitions
- An unfeeling person
Ancestry of “insensiblist”, step by step
insensiblist 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 ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |