Where does “sentiment” come from?
Sentiment comes from Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum, from Proto-Italic sentimentom.
sentiment (English): A general thought, feeling, or sense; Feelings,...
Definitions
- A general thought, feeling, or sense; Feelings,...
Ancestry of “sentiment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | sentement | — |
| 2 | Latin | sentimentum | feeling, opinion, sentiment |
| 3 | Latin | sentiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “sentiment”