Where does “nonsensible” come from?
nonsensible (English) comes from English sensible, from Latin sēnsibilis, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
nonsensible (English): Not sensible
Ancestry of “nonsensible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sensible | Perceptible by the senses; Easily perceived;... |
| 2 | Latin | sēnsibilis | — |
| 3 | Latin | sentiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |