English
kenspecked
From ken + specked, or kenspeck + -ed.
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
Old English specca ‘speck, spot, blot’
Middle English spekke ‘a splotch or stain’
Middle English speckyd ‘specked, variegated’
English specked
Today it means
adj Marked and easily recognized; kenspeck.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / kenspecked