English
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Sentence comes from Latin sententia ‘way of thinking, opinion, sentiment’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsententia‘way of thinking’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600sentence
- Englishearliest quotation 1596sentence
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsententia‘way of thinking’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600sentence
- Englishearliest quotation 1596sentence
Earliest quotation: 1596, Edward Topsell, London: John Windet: “[I]f it may bee lawfull to iudge or giue…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to feel’
through Proto-Italic *sentiō
senseless, insensible, antisense, 26 more
through Latin sentiō ‘to feel, think’
sense, sensitive, consent, consensus, sensible, sensation, sensor, sentiment, scent, sensual, sensibility, resent, sensuous, assent, sensu, 32 more
through Latin sentiēns ‘feeling, perceiving with the senses’
Today it means
noun The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sententia / sentence