Where does “sentimentalist” come from?
Sentimentalist derives from English sentimental, which comes from English sentiment, ultimately from Latin sentimentum, rooted in Proto-Indo-European verbal forms expressing the sense of feeling or perceiving.
sentimentalist (English): A person who is sentimental
Definitions
- A person who is sentimental
Ancestry of “sentimentalist”, step by step
sentimentalist 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 French sentimentaliste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sentimentaliste | — |