Where does “sentence” come from?

Sentence comes from Middle French sentence, from Latin sententia meaning "opinion or judgment," derived from Latin sentire, from Proto-Indo-European sent- and h₁es-.

sentence (English): The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a...

Definitions

The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a...

Ancestry of “sentence”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle French	sentence	sentence judgement; verdict
2	Old French	sentence	—
3	Latin	sententia	opinion, thought, feeling; purpose,...
4	Latin	sentīre	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	sent-	to head for, to go, to travel; to feel
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₁es-	to be

Words derived from “sentence”

midsentence
presentence
sentencer
resentence
sentencehood
subsentence
multisentence
sentenceth
nonsentence
sentencest
sentence case
pro-sentence
hypersentence
sentencewise
sentoid
foresentence
sentenceable
センテンス
sentensi
sentens
sentence-final particle
intersentence
intrasentence
oversentence

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →