History of English word senses (n.) "mental faculties, conscious cognitive powers, sanity," 1560s, from sense (n.). Meaning "faculties of physical sensation" is from 1590s. aesthetic (n.) 1798, from German Ästhetisch or French esthétique, both from Greek aisthetikos "sensitive, perceptive," from aisthanesthai "to perceive (by the senses or by the mind), to feel," from PIE *awis-dh-yo-, from root *au- "to perceive" (see audience). Popularized in English by translation of Immanuel Kant, and used originally in the classically correct sense "the science which treats of the conditions of sensuous perception." - http://www.etymonline.com/ G145 - Thayer Definition: 1) faculty of the mind for perceiving, understanding, judging Part of Speech: noun neuter A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from a derivative of G143 -aisthanomai to perceive v. |
