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Where does “сантименты” come from?

сантименты (Russian) comes from French sentiments, from French sentiment, from Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.

сантименты (Russian): sentimentality, sentimentalism

Definitions

  1. sentimentality, sentimentalism

Ancestry of “сантименты”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsentimentsplural of sentiment
2FrenchsentimentA sentiment, general thought, sense or feeling;...
3Old Frenchsentement—
4Latinsentimentumfeeling, opinion, sentiment
5Latinsentiō—
6Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
7Latin-tōrius—
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōr—
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →