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sentient (adj.)
[sentient 词源字典]
1630s, "capable of feeling," from Latin
sentientem
(nominative
sentiens
) "feeling," present participle of
sentire
"to feel" (see
sense
(n.)). Meaning "conscious" (of something) is from 1815.
[sentient etymology, sentient origin, 英语词源]