Where does “sententious” come from?
Sententious derives from Latin sententiosus, formed with the suffix -osus added to sententia (opinion or judgment), from sentire (to feel or perceive), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- (to be).
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Ancestry of “sententious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sententiōsus | pithy, sententious |
| 2 | Latin | sententia | opinion, thought, feeling; purpose,... |
| 3 | Latin | sentīre | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |