Where does “unsensually” come from?
unsensually (English) comes from English unsensual, from English sensual, from Latin sēnsuālis, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census, from Latin census, from Latin censeo, from Proto-Italic kensēō — to cover, conceal; hornless.
unsensually (English): In an unsensual manner
Definitions
- In an unsensual manner
Ancestry of “unsensually”, step by step
unsensually traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unsensual
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unsensual | Not sensual |
| 2 | English | sensual | Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations; Of or... |
| 3 | Latin | sēnsuālis | pertaining to sense, endowed with feeling |
| 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 |