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Where does “sentimento” come from?

sentimento (Italian) comes from Latin sentimentum, 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.

sentimento (Italian): feeling, emotion, sentiment; sensation; sense

Definitions

  1. feeling, emotion, sentiment; sensation; sense

Ancestry of “sentimento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsentimentumfeeling, opinion, sentiment
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 “sentimento”

  • sentimentalità
  • antisentimentale
  • sentimentale
  • sentimentalmente
  • sentimentalismo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →