Etymology

unsense

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Today it means: Lack or absence of sense; senselessness; nonsense. Full definition →

English sense ← Middle English sense ← Old French sens
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unsense · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  9. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  10. Latinsentiō
  11. Latinsēnsu
  12. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  13. Frankish*sinn
  14. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  15. Old Frenchsens
  16. Middle Englishsense
  17. Englishsense
  18. English todayunsense

From un- (“absence of, lack of”) + sense.

unsense · verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  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. English todayunsense

From un- (“reversal, removal”) + sense. Distant cognate with German entsinnen (“to reflect”).

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