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Where does “nonsentimental” come from?

nonsentimental (English) comes from English sentimental, from English sentiment, from Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

nonsentimental (English): Not sentimental

Definitions

  1. Not sentimental

Ancestry of “nonsentimental”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsentimentalCharacterized by sentiment, sentimentality or...
2EnglishsentimentA general thought, feeling, or sense; Feelings,...
3Old Frenchsentement—
4Latinsentimentumfeeling, opinion, sentiment
5Latinsentiō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →