Etymology

biosensory

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Today it means: Pertaining to the sensory abilities of a biological organism. Full definition →

English sensory ← Middle English sense ← Old French sens
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  6. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  7. Latinsentiō
  8. Latinsēnsu
  9. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  10. Frankish*sinn
  11. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  12. Old Frenchsens
  13. Middle Englishsense
  14. Englishsense
  15. Englishsensory
  16. English todaybiosensory

From bio- + sensory.

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