hypersensitized

adjective

having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)

Roots

hyperhyper- · Greek · over, above, excessive sentiresens- · Latin · to feel, perceive itus-it · Latin · participial/adjective formative izein-iz · Greek · to make, cause to become ed-ed · English · past tense, past participle

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Where does hypersensitized come from?

The word hypersensitized breaks down into 5 roots of Greek, Latin, and English origin: hyper-, from Greek hyper (“over, above, excessive”); sens, from Latin sentire (“to feel, perceive”); -it, from Latin itus (“participial/adjective formative”); -iz, from Greek izein (“to make, cause to become”); and -ed, from English ed (“past tense, past participle”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.