English
notice
Notice is borrowed from Middle French notice, from Latin nōtitia.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōtitia‘knowledge, fame’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600notice
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1606same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōtitia‘knowledge, fame’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600notice
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1603–1606same form
Earliest quotation: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of King Lear: “I have been with your father and given him…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, could, know, normal, glory, recognition, con, ignore, ken, narrative, keen, ignorant, norm, cunning, prognosis, narration, canny, connoisseur, uncouth, canna, kith, recognizance, gnosis, cun, 83 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti ‘to recognise’
diagnostic, gnome, agnostic, 39 more
through Latin gnōscō
recognize, cognitive, quaint, incognito, denote, annotation, noblesse, ignoble, precognition, 29 more
through Latin nōscō ‘to know’
note, noble, nobility, cognition, notation, notary, acquaint, cognizance, annotate, 24 more
through Latin nōtus ‘known’
Today it means
noun The act of observing; perception.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin nōtitia / notice