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Where does “missense” come from?

Missense comes from Middle English mis- combined with sentire, from Latin sentire meaning "to feel or perceive," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁es-.

missense (English): A damaged DNA sequence that is meaningful but has...

Definitions

  1. A damaged DNA sequence that is meaningful but has...

Ancestry of “missense”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsenseAny of the manners by which living beings...
2Middle Englishsense—
3Old Frenchsensreason; ability to reason or think
4Latinsēnsus—
5Dutchcensus—
6Latincensuscensus, a registering of the populace and their...
7LatincenseoI give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I...
8Proto-Italickensēōto give an opinion
9Proto-Italickensējō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱens-éh₁-ye-ti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱens-to announce, to proclaim; to put in order
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱem-to cover, conceal; hornless
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