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Where does “unsentient” come from?

unsentient (English) comes from English sentient, from Latin sentiēns, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

unsentient (English): Lacking sentience

Definitions

  1. Lacking sentience

Ancestry of “unsentient”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsentientExperiencing sensation, thought, or feeling; Able...
2Latinsentiēns—
3Latinsentiō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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