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Where does “sentir” come from?

sentir (French) comes from Old French sentir, 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.

sentir (French): to smell; to taste; to feel

Definitions

  1. to smell; to taste; to feel

Ancestry of “sentir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsentirto feel; to smell
2Latinsentiō—
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “sentir”

  • resentment
  • senteur
  • ressentiment
  • ressentir
  • pressentir
  • ressentiment
  • senteur
  • contresens
  • sens
  • senti
  • Ressentiment
  • striktasence
  • senco
  • iasence
  • senchava
  • senchaveco
  • sansemessig
  • sanselig
  • sans
  • sanse
  • sansemessig
  • sans
  • resentiment
  • senco
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