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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

  1. pretty much, roughly, approximately; appreciably,...

Ancestry of “sensiblement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsensiblesensitive; leading tone
2Latinsēnsibilis—
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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