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Sentiment

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a view, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is tender or sentimental
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Stage 1 of 2
sentire
Latin · ancient
"to feel, to perceive"
to feel, to perceive
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Stage 2 of 2
sentiment
English · 1600s
"a feeling or opinion, especially a tender one"
settled as the English word for a feeling or opinion
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