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The word aesthetic is derived from the Greek αἰσθητικός ( aisthetikos, meaning " esthetic, sensitive, sentient "), which in turn was derived from αἰσθάνομαι ( aisthanomai, meaning " I perceive, feel, sense ").

The term " aesthetics " was appropriated and coined with new meaning in the German form Æsthetik ( modern spelling Ästhetik ) by Alexander Baumgarten in 1735.