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Where does “sensível” come from?

sensível (Portuguese) comes from Latin sēnsibilis, 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.

sensível (Portuguese): sensitive; tender, sore; sensible

Definitions

  1. sensitive; tender, sore; sensible

Ancestry of “sensível”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēnsibilis—
2Latinsentiō—
3Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
4Latin-tōrius—
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “sensível”

  • insensível
  • fotossensível
  • sensivelmente
  • fotosensível
  • insensivelmente
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