English
agnize
Agnize comes from Latin agnōscō ‘to recognize, realize or discern, become…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to recognise’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti‘to recognise’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnōskō‘to know, get to know’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōscōas gnōscō‘to become acquainted with something, learn about it, to be aware of’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnōscō‘to recognize, realize or discern, become acquainted with, know, perceive’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604agnize
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to recognise’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti‘to recognise’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnōskō‘to know, get to know’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōscōas gnōscō‘to become acquainted with something, learn about it, to be aware of’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagnōscō‘to recognize, realize or discern, become acquainted with, know, perceive’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1604agnize
Earliest quotation: c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice: “I do agnisz / A natural and prompt alacrity…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, know, could, normal, narrative, glory, con, ignore, ken, recognition, keen, norm, ignorant, narration, cunning, prognosis, canny, connoisseur, uncouth, canna, kith, gnosis, 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, annotation, incognito, noblesse, ignoble, precognition, 32 more
through Latin nōscō ‘to become acquainted with something, learn…’
note, notice, noble, notion, notorious, notation, nobility, notoriety, notary, cognition, acquaint, annotate, cognizance, 23 more
Today it means
verb To recognise; to acknowledge.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- / agnize