Etymology

extrasensory

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Today it means: Of or relating to extrasensory perception. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  9. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  10. Latinsentiō
  11. Latinsēnsu
  12. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  13. Frankish*sinn
  14. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  15. Old Frenchsens
  16. Middle Englishsense
  17. Englishsense
  18. Englishsensory
  19. English todayextrasensory

From extra- + sensory.

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