English
cogitation
Cogitation may come from Medieval Latin cōgitātiō ‘thinking, meditation, reflection’.
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500cōgitātiōas cogitatio‘thinking, meditation, reflection’uncertain
- Englishtodaycogitation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500cōgitātiōas cogitatio‘thinking, meditation, reflection’uncertain
- Englishtodaycogitation
The story
Latinism, likely a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cogitatio, cogitationis, possibly influenced by or displacing an earlier doublet of cogitacion inherited from Middle English cogitacioun, from an Old French cogitaciun, from Vulgar Latin cōgitātiō, cōgitātiōnem; compare Middle French cogitatiun, French cogitation.
Every English word from Medieval Latin cōgitātiō
Today it means
noun The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Medieval Latin cōgitātiō / cogitation