English
sentics
Sentics comes from Latin sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sent-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sent-1‘to feel’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sentiō1‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsentiō2‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005sentics2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin sentio, which cites LIV
- 2 Wiktionary, English sentics
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2005, Francesca McCartney, C. Norman: “A science called sentics is based on the ability…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sent-Wiktionary, Latin sentio, which cites LIV‘to feel’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sentiōWiktionary, Latin sentio, which cites LIV‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsentiōWiktionary, English sentics‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005senticsWiktionary, English sentics. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2005, Francesca McCartney, C. Norman: “A science called sentics is based on the ability…”
The story
Instigated and named by Austrian neuroscientist Manfred Clynes.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to feel’
through Proto-Italic *sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
senseless, insensible, antisense, 28 more
through Latin sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
sense, sentence, sensitive, consent, consensus, sensible, sensor, sensation, scent, sensual, sensibility, resent, sensuous, assent, sensu, 34 more
Today it means
noun The study of waveforms of touch, emotion, and music.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sentics”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin sentio. 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.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sent- / sentics