Where does “sentīre” come from?

sentīre (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European sent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

Ancestry of “sentīre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansent-to head for, to go, to travel; to feel
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be

Words derived from “sentīre

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sent-