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English word sense comes from Latin absens, Proto-Indo-European *snt-, Latin sine ((with ablative) without.)
absens (Latin)
*snt- (Proto-Indo-European)
sine (Latin)
(with ablative) without.
absentia (Latin)
Absence.
sentio (Latin)
I feel; I perceive with the senses. I have an opinion; I feel an emotion. I perceive: I notice mentally.
sensus (Latin)
(poetic) understanding, reason. A feeling, sentiment. Perception, capability of feeling, ability to perceive.
*sinnaz (Proto-Germanic)
Sense (perception):. Sense, meaning.
*sinn (Frankish)
Sense, reason, mental faculty. Way, direction.
*sennus (Latin)
(Vulgar Latin) direction, way. (Vulgar Latin) sense, reason.
sens (Old French)
Reason; ability to reason or think.
sense (Middle English)
sense (English)
To comprehend.. To instinctively be aware.. To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel. (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.. Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.. Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.. [...]