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Translation

sense, meaning

Word origin

From the European sens family, French sens and Polish sens, from Latin sensus ('perception, meaning'), from sentire ('to feel'). Esperanto spells it with c so that senco, the meaning of a word, stays apart from the bodily senses.

Origin
Latin, via French and Polish sens
Root
sensus
English cognates
sense, sentiment, sensible

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This word is part of lesson 24.