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Where does “sentimentalisme” come from?

sentimentalisme (French) comes from French sentimental, from English sentimental, from English sentiment, from Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.

sentimentalisme (French): sentimentalism

Definitions

  1. sentimentalism

Ancestry of “sentimentalisme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsentimentalsentimental
2EnglishsentimentalCharacterized by sentiment, sentimentality or...
3EnglishsentimentA general thought, feeling, or sense; Feelings,...
4Old Frenchsentement—
5Latinsentimentumfeeling, opinion, sentiment
6Latinsentiō—
7Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
8Latin-tōrius—
9Latin-tor-er
10Proto-Italic-tōr—
11Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
12Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →