English
cognitive
Cognitive comes from Medieval Latin cognitīvus ‘pertaining to the acquisition of knowledge’, from Latin cognōscō ‘to get to know’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’.
- 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 CEgnōscō‘to know’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognōscō‘to get to know’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognitusperfect passive participle of cognōscō
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500cognitīvus‘pertaining to the acquisition of knowledge’
- Englishearliest quotation 1902cognitive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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 CEgnōscō‘to know’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognōscō‘to get to know’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognitusperfect passive participle of cognōscō
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500cognitīvus‘pertaining to the acquisition of knowledge’
- Englishearliest quotation 1902cognitive
Earliest quotation: 1902, American Anthropologist:: “Abenaki awanoch, the cognitive of Penobscot awenoch, means Frenchman”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, know, could, normal, glory, ignore, ken, keen, con, narrative, norm, ignorant, recognition, cunning, narration, prognosis, canny, connoisseur, canna, uncouth, kith, gnosis, cun, recognizance, 84 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti ‘to recognise’
diagnostic, gnome, agnostic, 40 more
through Proto-Italic *gnōskō ‘to know, get to know’
denote, annotation, noblesse, ignoble, 34 more
through Latin gnōscō ‘to know’
note, notice, noble, notion, notorious, notation, nobility, notoriety, notary, annotate, 34 more
through Latin cognōscō ‘to get to know’
recognize, acquaint, cognizance, precognition, 13 more
through Latin cognitus
Today it means
adj Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- / cognitive