Where does “somatosensory” come from?
Somatosensory combines English somatic, from Ancient Greek σῶμα meaning body, with sensory from Latin sensus and sentire meaning to feel or perceive, both rooted in Proto-Indo-European sent- and h₁es-.
somatosensory (English): Of or pertaining to the perception of sensory...
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- Of or pertaining to the perception of sensory...
Ancestry of “somatosensory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sensory | Of the senses or sensation; sensorium; An organ... |
| 2 | English | sense | Any of the manners by which living beings... |
| 3 | Middle English | sense | meaning, signification; interpretation |
| 4 | Old French | sens | reason; ability to reason or think |
| 5 | Latin | sēnsus | faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense |
| 6 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 7 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 8 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |