Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A distinctive smell. · A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing. · The sense of smell. · A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell. · To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something). · To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something). · To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.
From Middle English sent (noun) and senten (verb), from Old French sentir (“to feel, perceive, smell, sense”), from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel, sense”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”), and thus related to Saterland Frisian Sin (“sense”), West Frisian sin (“sense”), Dutch zin (“sense, meaning”), Low German Sinn (“sense”), Luxembourgish Sënn (“sense, perception”), German Sinn (“sense”). The -c- appeared in the 17th century, possibly by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science.
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- Root classification mention*sent-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsentenm
- Derivation mentionsentirfro · to feel, perceive, smell, sense
- Derivation mentionsentiōla · to feel, sense
- Derivation mention*sent-ine-pro · to feel
- Cognate mentionSinstq · sense
- Cognate mentionsinfy · sense
- Cognate mentionzinnl · sense, meaning
- Cognate mentionSinnnds · sense
- Cognate mentionSënnlb · sense, perception
- Cognate mentionSinnde · sense
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