Late center English (denoting the sense of smell): indigenous Old French sentir ‘perceive, smell,’ native Latin sentire . The enhancement of -c- (in the 17th century) is unexplained.
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So the c is silent and also shouldn't really be there.
The 'c' to be probably included because that was the format at the time.
Originally a searching term. The -c- showed up 17c., maybe by affect of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science. This to be a propensity in early modern English, likewise in scythe and for a time threatening to make scite and scituate.
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Alright, the much more you know, cheers mine man!
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Thanks for such a great contribution come the scub.
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I was going to imply the c to be silent since in most instance (unless p adhered to by an additional constanent prefer pneumonia or pterodactyl) the second is commonly silent. It would ha e simply been a guess though.
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I to be going to guess neither! the is fascinating, though.
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I agree. It's most likely regional, however I pronounce "scent" in different ways than "sent".
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