Etymology

cowsense

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Today it means: An instinctive ability to work well with cattle. Full definition →

English sense ← Middle English sense ← Old French sens
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
  2. Proto-Germanic*kōz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kō
  4. Old Englishcū
  5. Middle Englishcow
  6. Englishcow
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  8. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  9. Latinsentiō
  10. Latinsēnsu
  11. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  12. Frankish*sinn
  13. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  14. Old Frenchsens
  15. Middle Englishsense
  16. Englishsense
  17. English todaycowsense

From cow + sense.

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