Where does “sentencioso” come from?
sentencioso (Spanish) comes from Latin sententiōsus, from Latin sententia, from Latin sentīre, from Proto-Indo-European sent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
sentencioso (Spanish): sententious; pithy
Definitions
- sententious; pithy
Ancestry of “sentencioso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sententiōsus | pithy, sententious |
| 2 | Latin | sententia | opinion, thought, feeling; purpose,... |
| 3 | Latin | sentīre | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |