Etymology

sensual

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Today it means: Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations. Full definition →

Late Latin sensualis ← Latin sensus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsensus“feeling, sense”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromsensualis“endowed with feeling, sensual”
  3. English todaysensual

From Late Latin sensualis (“endowed with feeling, sensual”), from Latin sensus (“feeling, sense”).

Words from the same roots

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