Etymology

sensigenous

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Today it means: Causing or exciting sensation. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← Ancient Greek γένος (génos) ← Proto-Hellenic *génos
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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. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  13. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  14. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  17. English todaysensigenous

From sense + -i- + -genous.

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