sentimentum

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sent-der.

Proto-Italic *sentiō

Latin sentiō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin sentīmentum

From sentiō + -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɛn.tiːˈmɛn.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sen.tiˈmɛn.tum]

Noun

sentīmentum n (genitive sentīmentī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) feeling, opinion, sentiment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	sentīmentum	sentīmenta
genitive	sentīmentī	sentīmentōrum
dative	sentīmentō	sentīmentīs
accusative	sentīmentum	sentīmenta
ablative	sentīmentō	sentīmentīs
vocative	sentīmentum	sentīmenta

Descendants

• Catalan: sentiment
• English: sentiment
• French: sentiment
• Friulian: sintiment
• Italian: sentimento
• Old French: sentement
• Portuguese: sentimento

  • Papiamentu: sintimentu

• Romanian: sentiment, simțământ
• Sicilian: sintimentu
• Spanish: sentimiento

References

• "sentimentum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sentimentum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016