English
senselessness
From senseless + -ness.
A compound of sense + -less + senseless
Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to go’
Proto-Italic *sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
Latin sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
Latin sēnsus ‘perception, feeling, sensation’
Proto-Germanic *sinnaz ‘sense, perception’
Frankish *sinn
Vulgar Latin *sennus ‘sense, reason’
Old French sens ‘reason’
Middle English sense ‘meaning, signification’
English sense
Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to go’
Proto-Italic *sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
Latin sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
Latin sēnsus ‘perception, feeling, sensation’
Proto-Germanic *sinnaz ‘sense, perception’
Frankish *sinn
Vulgar Latin *sennus ‘sense, reason’
Old French sens ‘reason’
Middle English sense ‘meaning, signification’
English sense
English senseless
Today it means
noun The state of being senseless; unsense.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / senselessness