Where does “sensible” come from?
sensible (French) comes from Latin sēnsibilis, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
sensible (French): sensitive; leading tone
Definitions
- sensitive; leading tone
Ancestry of “sensible”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sēnsibilis | perceptible, sensible (that can be perceived by the senses) |
| 2 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 3 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “sensible”
- sensibiliser
- sensiblement
- hypersensible
- photosensible
- ultrasensible
- sensiblerie
- thermosensible
- électrosensible
- radiosensible
- sensibel
- sensibil
- sensibilisation
- sensibilitat
- photosensibilité
- sensibilisateur
- desensibilisieren
- désensibiliser
- insensibel
- sensibilisieren
- sensibiliza
- Sensibelchen
- supersensibil
- hipersensibil
- termosensibil