Latin

sēnsus

‘perception, feeling, sensation’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin sēnsus.

24 English words in this record descend from Latin sēnsus, most familiar first.

• sense ← sens ← *sennus ← *sinn ← *sinnaz
• sensation
• sensual ← sensualis
• senseless ← sense ← sense ← sens ← *sennus
• sensuous
• antisense ← sense ← sense ← sens ← *sennus
• sensu
• missense ← sense ← sense ← sens ← *sennus
• sensate ← sensat ← sensatus
• insensate ← īnsēnsātus ← sensātus
• ambisense ← sense ← sense ← sens ← *sennus
• foresense ← sense ← sense ← sens ← *sennus

More words from sēnsus

• insense
• multisense
• oversense
• sensillum
• sensable
• sensist
• sensuism
• sensism
• sensuist
• senser
• subsense
• supersense

Etymograph / Latin sēnsus