Where does “sentir” come from?
sentir (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish sentir, 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.
sentir (Spanish): to feel; to regret, feel/be sorry; to hear
Definitions
- to feel; to regret, feel/be sorry; to hear
Ancestry of “sentir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | sentir | to feel; to sense |
| 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 | — |