Senseless
/ˈsɛnsləs/noun
Lacking sense, meaning, or awareness; foolish or absurd.
Did you know?“Sense” comes from Latin *sensus* (“feeling, perception”), ultimately from the same root as *sentient* and *consent*, so “senseless” is the old idea of being cut off from perception itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sent-
“to feel, perceive”
Latin
Latin
sentīre
“to feel, perceive, think”
Latin
Latin
sensus
“feeling, perception, sense”
Old French
OF
sens
“sense, judgment, meaning”
Middle English
English
senseles
“without sense, foolish”
Modern English
English
senseless
“lacking sense, meaning, or awareness”