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
- A physical feeling or perception from something...
Ancestry of “sensation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sensatio | understanding, knowledge, intelligence |
| 2 | Latin | sensatus | sensible, intelligent, gifted with sense |
| 3 | Latin | sēnsus | faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense |
| 4 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 5 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 6 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | 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
- sexsational
- oversensationalize