Where does “sensé” come from?
sensé (French) comes from French Sens, from Italian senso, from English sense, from Middle English sense, from Old French sens, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census, from Latin census — to cover, conceal; hornless.
sensé (French): sensible, rational; "misspelling of" censé
Definitions
- sensible, rational; "misspelling of" censé
Ancestry of “sensé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | Sens | — |
| 2 | Italian | senso | sense; direction; purpose |
| 3 | English | sense | Any of the manners by which living beings... |
| 4 | Middle English | sense | — |
| 5 | Old French | sens | reason; ability to reason or think |
| 6 | Latin | sēnsus | — |
| 7 | Dutch | census | — |
| 8 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 9 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |
Words derived from “sensé”