Where does “sensor” come from?
sensor (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from English sensor, 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.
sensor (Norwegian Nynorsk): a censor; an examiner; a sensor
Definitions
- a censor; an examiner; a sensor
Ancestry of “sensor”, step by step
sensor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sensor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sensor | A device or organ that detects certain external... |
| 2 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 3 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |