late 14c., "meaning, signification, interpretation" (especially of Holy Scripture); c. 1400, "the faculty of perception;" from Old Frenchsens"one of the five senses; meaning; wit, understanding" (12c.) and directly from Latinsensus"perception, feeling, undertaking, meaning," fromsentire"percei...
The word comes, of course, from sentiment, which has the same origin—Latin sentire, meaning "to feel,"—as consent and sensible. Chocolate-box adjective : superficially pretty or sentimental Gloriously decorative and perhaps somewhat too easy on the eye, their work cannot quite be dismissed ...
You may also find it useful to be mindful of the many Latin derivatives in the English language. Sometimes a familiar English word can be your key to learning a Latin root. Vice versa, Latin roots can help greatly improve your English vocabulary. ab (a) + abl. - away from, from; by...
consent, v., "agree, give assent [同意; 赞成]; yield [让步; 屈服] when one has the right, power, or will to oppose," from Old French consentir "agree; comply" and directly from Latin consentire "agree, accord," literally "feel together," from com "with, together" + sentire "to ...
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late 14c.,sentement, "personal experience, one's own feeling," from Old Frenchsantement,sentement(12c.) and directly from Medieval Latinsentimentum"feeling, affection, opinion," from Latinsentire"to feel" (seesense(n.)). The original sense was obsolete after Middle English. From early 15c....
" also "capable of being sensed or felt, perceptible to the senses," hence "perceptible to the mind, easily understood; logical, reasonable," from Old Frenchsensibleand directly from Late Latinsensibilis"having feeling: perceptible by the senses," fromsensus, past participle ofsentire"to ...
late 14c., "meaning, signification, interpretation" (especially of Holy Scripture); c. 1400, "the faculty of perception;" from Old Frenchsens"one of the five senses; meaning; wit, understanding" (12c.) and directly from Latinsensus"perception, feeling, undertaking, meaning," fromsentire"percei...
and directly from Latin sensus "perception, feeling, undertaking, meaning," from sentire "perceive, feel, know." This probably is a figurative use of a literal meaning "find one's way," or "go mentally." According to Watkins and others, this is from a PIE root *sent- "to go" (...
late 14c., "meaning, signification, interpretation" (especially of Holy Scripture); c. 1400, "the faculty of perception;" from Old Frenchsens"one of the five senses; meaning; wit, understanding" (12c.) and directly from Latinsensus"perception, feeling, undertaking, meaning," fromsentire"percei...