English

geosensor

From geo- + sensor.

Formed from geo- + sensor

Proto-Hellenic *gaya

Ancient Greek γῆ ‘earth’

English geo-

Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to feel’

Proto-Italic *sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’

Latin sentiō ‘to feel’

Today it means

noun A geological sensor (to detect earthquakes)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / geosensor