Where does “sentinela” come from?

sentinela (Portuguese) comes from Spanish centinela, from Italian sentinella, from Italian sentire, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

sentinela (Portuguese): sentinel, sentry; guard, warder

Definitions

  1. sentinel, sentry; guard, warder

Ancestry of “sentinela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcentinelasentinel, sentry, guard
2Italiansentinellasentry, guard
3Italiansentireto feel; to hear; to smell
4Latinsentiōto feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses)
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōriusory
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s