English
notion
Notion comes from Latin nōtiō ‘a becoming acquainted, a taking cognizance, an…’, from nōscō ‘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
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōscō‘to know’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōtus‘known, acquainted’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōtiō‘a becoming acquainted, a taking cognizance, an examination, an investigation’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1606notion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōscō‘to know’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōtus‘known, acquainted’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōtiō‘a becoming acquainted, a taking cognizance, an examination, an investigation’
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1606notion
Earliest quotation: c. 1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Macbeth: “Who wrought with them, and all things else that…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, could, know, normal, glory, ignore, ken, narrative, keen, recognition, con, ignorant, norm, cunning, prognosis, canny, narration, 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, noblesse, annotation, ignoble, precognition, 29 more
through Latin nōscō ‘to know’
note, noble, nobility, cognition, notary, acquaint, notation, cognizance, annotate, 24 more
through Latin nōtus ‘known, acquainted’
Today it means
noun Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- / notion