English
sensuous
Sensuous comes from Latin sensus ‘sense’, from sentiō ‘feel, hear, see, perceive’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sent-‘to perceive’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sentiō‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsentiō‘feel, hear, see, perceive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsensus‘sense’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000sensuous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sent-‘to perceive’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sentiō‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsentiō‘feel, hear, see, perceive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsensus‘sense’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000sensuous
Earliest quotation: 2000, Daniel Tiffany, Toy Medium: Materialism and Modern Lyric: “The antithetical features of atomist doctrine are no longer…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to perceive’
through Proto-Italic *sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’
through Latin sentiō ‘feel, hear, see, perceive’
sentence, sensitive, consent, sentiment, scent, sensible, sensor, consensus, resent, senseless, sensibility, sentient, assent, sentience, antisense, 32 more
through Latin sensus ‘sense’
Today it means
adj Appealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sent- / sensuous