Where does “sentiments” come from?
sentiments (English) comes from English sentiment, from Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
sentiments (English): plural of sentiment
Definitions
- plural of sentiment
Ancestry of “sentiments”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sentiment | A general thought, feeling, or sense; Feelings,... |
| 2 | Old French | sentement | — |
| 3 | Latin | sentimentum | feeling, opinion, sentiment |
| 4 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |