Where does “senzaționalism” come from?
senzaționalism (Romanian) comes from Romanian senzațional, from French sensationnel, from French sensation, from Latin sensatio, from Latin sensatus, from Latin sēnsus, from Dutch census, from Latin census — to cover, conceal; hornless.
senzaționalism (Romanian): sensationalism
Definitions
- sensationalism
Ancestry of “senzaționalism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | senzațional | sensational |
| 2 | French | sensationnel | sensational |
| 3 | French | sensation | sensation |
| 4 | Latin | sensatio | understanding, knowledge, intelligence |
| 5 | Latin | sensatus | sensible, intelligent, gifted with sense |
| 6 | Latin | sēnsus | faculty or power of perceiving; perception, feeling, sensation, sense |
| 7 | Dutch | census | a census |
| 8 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 9 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |