Where does “subsense” come from?
subsense (English) comes from English sense, from Middle English sense, from Old French sens, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census, from Latin census, from Latin censeo, from Proto-Italic kensēō — to cover, conceal; hornless.
subsense (English): A sense of a word that reflects a part or aspect...
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- A sense of a word that reflects a part or aspect...
Ancestry of “subsense”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sense | Any of the manners by which living beings... |
| 2 | Middle English | sense | meaning, signification; interpretation |
| 3 | Old French | sens | reason; ability to reason or think |
| 4 | Latin | sēnsus | faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense |
| 5 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 6 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 7 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |