Etymology

aftersense

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Today it means: A perception that follows an experience; a subsequent sense. Full definition →

English sense ← Middle English sense ← Old French sens
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep(o)teros
  4. Proto-Germanic*after
  5. Old Englishæfter
  6. Middle Englishafter
  7. Englishafter
  8. Old Englishæfter
  9. Old Englishæfter-
  10. Middle Englishafter-
  11. Englishafter-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  13. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  14. Latinsentiō
  15. Latinsēnsu
  16. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  17. Frankish*sinn
  18. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  19. Old Frenchsens
  20. Middle Englishsense
  21. Englishsense
  22. English todayaftersense

From after- + sense; apparently (re)coined by Henry James in the late 19th century.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.