Where does “oversentimentally” come from?
oversentimentally (English) comes from English oversentimental, from English sentimental, from English sentiment, from Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
oversentimentally (English): In an oversentimental manner
Definitions
- In an oversentimental manner
Ancestry of “oversentimentally”, step by step
oversentimentally traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English oversentimental
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | oversentimental | Excessively sentimental |
| 2 | English | sentimental | Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or... |
| 3 | English | sentiment | A general thought, feeling, or sense; Feelings,... |
| 4 | Old French | sentement | — |
| 5 | Latin | sentimentum | feeling, opinion, sentiment |
| 6 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |