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Where does “fotosensibile” come from?

fotosensibile (Italian) comes from Italian sensibile, from Latin sēnsibilis, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

fotosensibile (Italian): photosensitive

Definitions

  1. photosensitive

Ancestry of “fotosensibile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansensibilesensible, perceptible; sensitive, responsive,...
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →