Where does “sensitivity” come from?
Sensitivity comes from Middle French sensitif, from Latin sensitivus, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European sent- meaning to perceive or feel.
sensitivity (English): The quality or state of being sensitive;...
Definitions
- The quality or state of being sensitive;...
Ancestry of “sensitivity”, step by step
sensitivity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sensitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sensitive | Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to... |
| 2 | Middle French | sensitif | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | sensitivus | sensitive; detectable, perceivable |
| 4 | Latin | sentio | I feel, I sense, I perceive; I perceive, I am... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sentjō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
Words derived from “sensitivity”
- hypersensitivity
- insensitivity
- photosensitivity
- radiosensitivity
- chemosensitivity
- supersensitivity
- oversensitivity
- mechanosensitivity
- hyposensitivity
- thermosensitivity
- ultrasensitivity
- electrosensitivity
- magnetosensitivity
- unsensitivity
- psychrosensitivity
- offensensitivity
- pansensitivity
- sens
- corticosensitivity
- cryosensitivity
- ecosensitivity
- gravisensitivity
- hemosensitivity
- immunosensitivity