Where does “pansensitive” come from?
pansensitive (English) comes from English PAN, from English pantograph, from French pantographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
pansensitive (English): Responsive to treatment with any of a number of...
Definitions
- Responsive to treatment with any of a number of...
Ancestry of “pansensitive”, step by step
pansensitive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English PAN
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 2 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 3 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 4 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 5 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English sensitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sensitive | Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to... |
| 2 | Middle French | sensitif | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | sensitivus | sensitive; detectable, perceivable |
| 4 | Latin | sentio | I feel, I sense, I perceive; I perceive, I am... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sentjō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |