Where does “apperceive” come from?
apperceive (English) comes from Old French apercevoir, from Old French percevoir, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
apperceive (English): To perceive; To be aware of perceiving; to...
Definitions
- To perceive; To be aware of perceiving; to...
Ancestry of “apperceive”, step by step
apperceive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French apercevoir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | apercevoir | to notice; to realise; to become aware of |
| 2 | Old French | percevoir | to notice; to become aware |
| 3 | Latin | percipiō | to seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control) |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Old French aperceveir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | aperceveir | — |
| 2 | Latin | appercipiō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |