Where does “sensation” come from?
sensation (French) comes from Latin sensatio, from Latin sensatus, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census, from Latin census, from Latin censeo, from Proto-Italic kensēō, from Proto-Italic kensējō — to cover, conceal; hornless.
sensation (French): sensation
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Ancestry of “sensation”, step by step
sensation traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin sensatio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sensatio | understanding, knowledge, intelligence |
| 2 | Latin | sensatus | sensible, intelligent, gifted with sense |
| 3 | Latin | sēnsus | faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense |
| 4 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 5 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 6 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |
via Late Latin sensatio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | sensatio | understanding, knowledge, intelligence |
| 2 | Latin | sensus | felt, perceived with the senses, having felt;... |
| 3 | Latin | sentire | present active infinitive of sentiō;... |
| 4 | Latin | sentio | I feel, I sense, I perceive; I perceive, I am... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sentjō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
via Medieval Latin sensatio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | sensatio | — |