Etymograph

English

somatosensitive

From somato- + sensitive.

Formed from somato- + sensitive

Ancient Greek σῶμα ‘body’

English somato-

Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to feel’

Proto-Italic *sentiō ‘to feel’

Latin sentiō ‘to feel’

Medieval Latin sensitivus

Middle French sensitif

English sensitive

Today it means

adj Relating to the reception of sensory stimuli within the brain

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

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