Etymology

somatosensory

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the perception of sensory stimuli produced by the skin or internal organs Full definition →

English sensory ← Middle English sense ← Old French sens
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*tewh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*twoH-mn̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*twṓmə?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*styeH-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tyoH-mn̥
  6. Proto-Hellenic*styṓmə?
  7. Ancient Greekσῶμᾰ (sômă)
  8. Englishsomato-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  10. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  11. Latinsentiō
  12. Latinsēnsu
  13. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  14. Frankish*sinn
  15. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  16. Old Frenchsens
  17. Middle Englishsense
  18. Englishsense
  19. Englishsensory
  20. English todaysomatosensory

From somato- + sensory.

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