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Where does “sensation” come from?

Sensation comes from Latin sensatio, formed from the verb sentire meaning to perceive or feel, combined with the suffix -atio, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European h₁es-.

sensation (English): A physical feeling or perception from something...

Definitions

  1. A physical feeling or perception from something...

Ancestry of “sensation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsensatiounderstanding, knowledge, intelligence
2Latinsensatussensible, intelligent, gifted with sense
3Latinsēnsus—
4Dutchcensus—
5Latincensuscensus, a registering of the populace and their...
6LatincenseoI give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I...
7Proto-Italickensēōto give an opinion
8Proto-Italickensējō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱens-éh₁-ye-ti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱens-to announce, to proclaim; to put in order
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱem-to cover, conceal; hornless

Words derived from “sensation”

  • sensational
  • sensationalism
  • sensationalist
  • sensationalistic
  • sensationally
  • sensationalize
  • unsensational
  • mechanosensation
  • somatosensation
  • sensationalise
  • sensationless
  • sensationalization
  • chemosensation
  • nonsensational
  • thermosensation
  • sensationalisation
  • sensationalistically
  • presensation
  • aftersensation
  • nonsensationalist
  • antisensational
  • desensationalize
  • antisensationalism
  • oversensationalize
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