English
kenlore
From ken + lore, used by William Kingdon Clifford to translate the German Erkenntnistheorie.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to know’
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Proto-West Germanic *kannijan ‘to know, be aware of’
Old English cunnan ‘to become acquainted with, to know’
Old English cennan ‘make known, declare, acknowledge’
Middle English kennen ‘to make known’
English ken
Proto-Indo-European *leys- ‘to trace, to track’
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Proto-Germanic *laizō ‘teaching’
Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu
Old English lār ‘teaching, learning, education’
Middle English lore ‘Education or teaching’
English lore
Today it means
noun Epistemology; theory of knowledge.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / kenlore