Where does “sentinel” come from?
Sentinel comes from Middle French sentinelle, from Italian sentinella, from Latin sentio meaning to perceive or feel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sent- and h₁es-.
sentinel (English): A sentry, watch, or guard; A private soldier; a...
Definitions
- A sentry, watch, or guard; A private soldier; a...
Ancestry of “sentinel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | sentinelle | — |
| 2 | Italian | sentinella | sentry, guard |
| 3 | Italian | sentire | to feel; to hear; to smell |
| 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 | — |