Where does “sensuality” come from?
Sensuality derives from Latin sensualitas, formed from sensualis, an adjective from sentire meaning "to feel or perceive," ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root sent-.
sensuality (English): The state of being sensual, sensuous or sexy; A...
Definitions
- The state of being sensual, sensuous or sexy; A...
Ancestry of “sensuality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | sensualité | — |
| 2 | Latin | sensualitas | ability to sense |
| 3 | Latin | sēnsuālis | pertaining to sense, endowed with feeling |
| 4 | Latin | sēnsus | faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense |
| 5 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 6 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 7 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |