English

thermosensor

From thermo- + sensor.

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘to be warm’

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos

Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós

Ancient Greek θερμός ‘warm, hot’

Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to feel’

Proto-Italic *sentiō ‘to feel, to sense, to perceive’

Latin sentiō ‘to feel’

Today it means

noun thermoreceptor

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

Etymograph / thermosensor