Where does “senti” come from?
senti (English) comes from English sentimental, from English sentiment, from Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
senti (English): Sentimental, emotional; A coin, one hundredth of...
Definitions
- Sentimental, emotional; A coin, one hundredth of...
Ancestry of “senti”, step by step
senti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sentimental
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sentimental | Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or... |
| 2 | English | sentiment | A general thought, feeling, or sense; Feelings,... |
| 3 | Old French | sentement | — |
| 4 | Latin | sentimentum | feeling, opinion, sentiment |
| 5 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Swahili senti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swahili | senti | cent |
| 2 | English | cent | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of... |
| 3 | Middle English | cent | — |
| 4 | Old French | cent | one hundred |
| 5 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 6 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |