Where does “sensationalism” come from?
Sensationalism derives from English sensation, from English aldehyde, from Latin -atio and -tio suffixes attached to a root from Proto-Indo-European sent- meaning to feel.
sensationalism (English): The use of sensational subject matter, style or...
Definitions
- The use of sensational subject matter, style or...
Ancestry of “sensationalism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sensational | Of or pertaining to sensation; Piquing or... |
| 2 | English | sensation | A physical feeling or perception from something... |
| 3 | Latin | sensatio | understanding, knowledge, intelligence |
| 4 | Latin | sensatus | sensible, intelligent, gifted with sense |
| 5 | Latin | sēnsus | faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense |
| 6 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 7 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 8 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |