Where does “sensiblement” come from?
sensiblement (French) comes from French sensible, from Latin sēnsibilis, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
sensiblement (French): pretty much, roughly, approximately; appreciably,...
Definitions
- pretty much, roughly, approximately; appreciably,...
Ancestry of “sensiblement”, step by step
sensiblement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French sensible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sensible | sensitive; leading tone |
| 2 | Latin | sēnsibilis | perceptible, sensible (that can be perceived by the senses) |
| 3 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Catalan sensible
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | sensible | sentient; sensitive |