Where does “insensate” come from?
insensate (Italian) comes from Italian insensato, from Latin insensatus, from Latin sensatus, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census, from Latin census, from Latin censeo, from Proto-Italic kensēō — to cover, conceal; hornless.
insensate (Italian): feminine plural of insensato; plural of insensata
Definitions
- feminine plural of insensato; plural of insensata
Ancestry of “insensate”, step by step
insensate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian insensato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | insensato | senseless, crazy, foolish, insensate, handwavy;... |
| 2 | Latin | insensatus | irrational |
| 3 | Latin | sensatus | sensible, intelligent, gifted with sense |
| 4 | Latin | sēnsus | faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense |
| 5 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 6 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 7 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |
via Italian insensata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | insensata | feminine singular of insensato |