English

hygrosensitive

From hygro- + sensitive.

Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- ‘wet, moist’

Proto-Hellenic *ugrós

Ancient Greek ὑγρός ‘wet”, “moist’

Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to feel’

Proto-Italic *sentiō ‘to feel’

Latin sentiō ‘to feel’

Medieval Latin sensitivus

Middle French sensitif

Today it means

adj Detecting changes in the moisture content of the environment.

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

Etymograph / hygrosensitive