Etymograph

English

agnition

Agnition comes from Latin agnitio ‘recognition, acknowledgement, admission,…’, from nōscō ‘to become acquainted with something, learn…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to recognise’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti‘to recognise’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnōskō‘to know, get to know’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōscōas gnōscō‘to become acquainted with something, learn about it, to be aware of’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnoscōas agnoscere‘to recognize, realize or discern, become acquainted with, know, perceive’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnitio‘recognition, acknowledgement, admission, acceptance’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1569agnition

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to recognise’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti‘to recognise’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnōskō‘to know, get to know’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōscōas gnōscō‘to become acquainted with something, learn about it, to be aware of’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnoscōas agnoscere‘to recognize, realize or discern, become acquainted with, know, perceive’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnitio‘recognition, acknowledgement, admission, acceptance’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1569agnition

Earliest quotation: 1569, Richard Grafton, The Seuenth Age, and Seuenth Part of this Chronicle: “[Jesus] was borne in Bethlem a City of Juda:…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’

can, know, could, normal, glory, ignore, narrative, ken, keen, con, norm, ignorant, recognition, cunning, prognosis, canny, narration, connoisseur, uncouth, canna, gnosis, kith, cun, recognizance, 82 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti ‘to recognise’

diagnostic, gnome, agnostic, 38 more

through Proto-Italic *gnōskō ‘to know, get to know’

recognize, cognitive, denote, quaint, incognito, annotation, noblesse, ignoble, precognition, 32 more

through Latin nōscō ‘to become acquainted with something, learn…’

note, notice, noble, notorious, notion, nobility, notoriety, notary, notation, acquaint, cognition, annotate, cognizance, 23 more

Today it means

noun Acknowledgement.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- / agnition

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