English
sensualize
From sensual + -ize.
Formed from sensual + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to perceive’
Proto-Italic *sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
Latin sentiō ‘feel, hear, see, perceive’
Latin sensus ‘feeling, sense’
Late Latin sensualis ‘endowed with feeling, sensual’
English sensual
Today it means
verb To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sensualize”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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