Etymograph

English

recognition

Recognition comes from Latin recognitiō, from recognōscō ‘to recognize’, from cognōscō ‘to know’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to know’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to know, recognise’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti‘to be getting to know’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnōskō‘to know’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgnōscō‘to know’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognōscō‘to know, recognize’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecognōscō‘to recognize’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecognitus‘recognized’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecognitiō‘recognition, examination’
  9. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600recognicion‘recognition’
  10. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘recognition’
  11. Englishearliest quotation 1900recognition

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to know, recognise’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti‘to be getting to know’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnōskō‘to know’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgnōscō‘to know’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognōscō‘to know, recognize’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecognōscō‘to recognize’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecognitus‘recognized’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecognitiō‘recognition, examination’
  9. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600recognicion‘recognition’
  10. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘recognition’
  11. Englishearliest quotation 1900recognition

Earliest quotation: 1900, Charles Waddell Chesnutt, A Stranger from South Carolina: “Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’

can, know, could, note, normal, notice, glory, narrative, noble, ken, ignore, keen, norm, ignorant, con, notorious, notion, diagnostic, nobility, cognitive, cunning, quaint, notoriety, notary, prognosis, notation, gnome, narration, canny, agnostic, connoisseur, canna, incognito, uncouth, annotate, kith, gnosis, cun, cognizance, 92 more

Today it means

noun The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- / recognition

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