Etymology

sensation

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Today it means: A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed. Full definition →

Latin sensus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsensus
  2. English todaysensation

From Old French, from Medieval Latin sensatio, from Latin sensus.

Words from the same roots

Latinsensus all →

sensesensualsensuoussensifacient

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