Where does “sensibility” come from?
Sensibility comes from French sensibilité, from Latin sensibilitas, derived from the Latin verb sentire meaning "to feel or perceive," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁es-.
sensibility (English): The ability to sense, feel or perceive;...
Definitions
- The ability to sense, feel or perceive;...
Ancestry of “sensibility”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sensibilité | sensitivity |
| 2 | Latin | sensibilitas | sense, meaning; sensibility |
| 3 | Latin | sēnsibilis | perceptible, sensible (that can be perceived by the senses) |
| 4 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |