Word Origin Summary

Sentir is attested in French. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. sentīreLatininherited from

Descendants and Related Terms

• resentiment

  English · derived from

• scent

  English · derived from

• senti

  Louisiana Creole French · inherited from

• santi

  Plateau Haitian Creole · derived from

• senti

  Norman · inherited from

• sinti

  Walloon · derived from

• resentment

  English · derived from

• ressentiment

  English · derived from

What You Can Explore

• 🗺️Geographic migration map — see where this word traveled
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• 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root