Etymology

sensemaking

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Today it means: The process by which people give meaning to experience. Full definition →

English making ← Middle English making ← Old English macung
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  2. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  3. Latinsentiō
  4. Latinsēnsu
  5. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  6. Frankish*sinn
  7. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  8. Old Frenchsens
  9. Middle Englishsense
  10. Englishsense
  11. Old Englishmacung
  12. Middle Englishmaking
  13. Englishmaking
  14. English todaysensemaking

From sense + making.

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