Where does “sensi” come from?
sensi (Sranan Tongo) comes from English since, from Middle English syns, from Middle English sithens, from Middle English sithen, from Old English siþþan, from Old English sīþ, from Proto-West Germanic sinþ, from Proto-Germanic sinþaz — to be.
sensi (Sranan Tongo): cent a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency, such as the former Surinamese guilder and the current Surinamese dollar
Definitions
- cent a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency, such as the former Surinamese guilder and the current Surinamese dollar
Ancestry of “sensi”, step by step
sensi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English since
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | since | From a specified time in the past; From:... |
| 2 | Middle English | syns | — |
| 3 | Middle English | sithens | — |
| 4 | Middle English | sithen | From or since the time that; since then, after... |
| 5 | Old English | siþþan | afterwards, subsequently; since; ago, since |
| 6 | Old English | sīþ | journey, movement, trip, point in time, occasion;... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | sinþ | journey, way, path; time, occasion |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sinþaz | journey, way, path |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |