Etymology

sentimental

sen·ti·men·tal
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Today it means: Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English sentiment ← Old French sentement
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  2. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  3. Latinsentiō
  4. Latinsentimentum
  5. Old Frenchsentement
  6. Englishsentiment
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. English todaysentimental

From sentiment + -al.

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