Where does “sēnsus” come from?
sēnsus (Latin) comes from Dutch census, from Latin census, from Latin censeo, from Proto-Italic kensēō, from Proto-Italic kensējō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European ḱens-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱem- — to cover, conceal; hornless.
sēnsus (Latin): faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense
Definitions
- faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense
Ancestry of “sēnsus”, step by step
sēnsus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch census
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 2 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 3 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |
via Latin sentiō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 2 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Latin sentīre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sentīre | — |