Where does “sens” come from?
sens (Old French) comes from Latin sēnsus, 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- — to cover, conceal; hornless.
sens (Old French): reason; ability to reason or think
Definitions
- reason; ability to reason or think
Ancestry of “sens”, step by step
sens traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin sēnsus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sēnsus | faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense |
| 2 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 3 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 4 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |
via Vulgar Latin sennus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | sennus | sense, reason, way; sense, reason; direction, way |
| 2 | Frankish | sinn | reason, judgement, mental faculty, way,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sinnaz | sense, perception; sense, meaning |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sentnós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |