Etymology of the English word sensitive
the English word
sensitivederived from the Old French word
sensitifderived from the Medieval Latin word
sensitivus (sensitive, detectable, knowing through the senses)
derived from the Latin word
sensus (feeling, sense)
derived from the Latin word
sentire (perceive, feel, experience)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sent-derived from the Latin word
sensum (thought)
derived from the Latin word
sentire (perceive, feel, experience)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sent-Date
The earliest known usage of sensitive in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
electrosensitive,
hypersensitive,
insensitive,
oversensitive,
photosensitive,
radiosensitive,
sensitiveness,
sensitivity,
sensitize,
supersensitive,
thermosensitive,
supersensitizeUsage
Word found in Modern English
