Where does “sensitivo” come from?
sensitivo (Spanish) comes from Latin sensitivus, 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.
sensitivo (Spanish): sensitive; sentient
Definitions
- sensitive; sentient
Ancestry of “sensitivo”, step by step
sensitivo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin sensitivus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sensitivus | sensitive; detectable, perceivable |
| 2 | Latin | sentiō | to feel, to sense, to perceive (with the senses) |
| 3 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English sensitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sensitive | Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to... |
| 2 | Middle French | sensitif | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | sensitivus | sensitive; detectable, perceivable |
| 4 | Latin | sentio | I feel, I sense, I perceive; I perceive, I am... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sentjō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |