Where does “nonsensate” come from?
nonsensate (English) comes from English sensate, from Middle English sensat, from Latin sensatus, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census, from Latin census, from Latin censeo, from Proto-Italic kensēō — to cover, conceal; hornless.
nonsensate (English): Not sensate
Definitions
- Not sensate
Ancestry of “nonsensate”, step by step
nonsensate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sensate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sensate | Perceived by one or more of the senses; Having... |
| 2 | Middle English | sensat | — |
| 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 |