Where does “bezsensowny” come from?
bezsensowny (Polish) comes from Polish sensowny, from Polish sens, from Old Polish sens, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census, from Latin census, from Latin censeo, from Proto-Italic kensēō — to cover, conceal; hornless.
bezsensowny (Polish): nonsensical, ludicrous, absurd
Definitions
- nonsensical, ludicrous, absurd
Ancestry of “bezsensowny”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | sensowny | sensible, meaningful |
| 2 | Polish | sens | sense |
| 3 | Old Polish | sens | reason; sense |
| 4 | Latin | sēnsus | faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense |
| 5 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 6 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 7 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |