Where does “sensationlessness” come from?

sensationlessness (English) comes from English sensationless, from English sensation, from Latin sensatio, from Latin sensatus, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census, from Latin census, from Latin censeo — to cover, conceal; hornless.

sensationlessness (English): Absence of sensation

Definitions

  1. Absence of sensation

Ancestry of “sensationlessness”, step by step

sensationlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sensationless

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

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
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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