English
suprasensitive
supra- + sensitive
Formed from supra- + sensitive
Proto-Indo-European *úp
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Proto-Italic *superos ‘upper’
Proto-Italic *superād ‘above’
Old Latin suprād
Latin suprā ‘above, on the top, on the upper side’
English supra-
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 Synonym of supersensitive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / suprasensitive