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- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
- Englishan-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis-dʰh₁
- Proto-Hellenic*awistʰomai
- Ancient Greekαἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai)
- Ancient Greekαἴσθησῐς (aísthēsĭs)
- Ancient Greekαἰσθητικός (aisthētikós)
- Latinaesthēticus
- GermanÄsthetik
- New Latinaesthēticu
- Frenchesthétique
- Englishaesthetic
- Englishesthetic
- English todayanesthetic
From an- + esthetic, or Latinized form of Ancient Greek ἀναίσθητος (anaísthētos, “insensible”) + -ic, from ἀν- (an-, “un-”) + αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “perceptible”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.