Etymology

oversense

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Today it means: To sense or detect too much, or more than is actually present. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  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 todayoversense

From over- + sense.

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