Where does “sensationalizer” come from?

sensationalizer (English) comes from English sensationalize, from English sensational, from English sensation, from Latin sensatio, from Latin sensatus, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census, from Latin census — to cover, conceal; hornless.

sensationalizer (English): One who sensationalizes

Definitions

  1. One who sensationalizes

Ancestry of “sensationalizer”, step by step

sensationalizer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sensationalize

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsensationalizeTo glorify or inflate the importance of a piece...
2EnglishsensationalOf or pertaining to sensation; Piquing or...
3EnglishsensationA physical feeling or perception from something...
4Latinsensatiounderstanding, knowledge, intelligence
5Latinsensatussensible, intelligent, gifted with sense
6Latinsēnsusfaculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense
7Dutchcensusa census
8Latincensuscensus, a registering of the populace and their...
9LatincenseoI give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I...
10Proto-Italickensēōto give an opinion
11Proto-Italickensējō
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱens-éh₁-ye-ti
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱens-to announce, to proclaim; to put in order
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱem-to cover, conceal; hornless

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱem-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱens-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti
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