Where does “cognizable offence” come from?
cognizable offence (English) comes from English cognizable, from English cognize, from English cognizance, from Old French conysance, from Old French conoissance, from Old French conoistre, from Latin cognōscere, from Latin co- — resin.
cognizable offence (English): a criminal offence, usually serious in nature, that the offender may be arrested without warrant
Definitions
- a criminal offence, usually serious in nature, that the offender may be arrested without warrant
Ancestry of “cognizable offence”, step by step
cognizable offence traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cognizable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cognizable | Capable of being known or perceived; Within the... |
| 2 | English | cognize | To know, perceive, or become aware of; To make... |
| 3 | English | cognizance | An emblem, badge or device, used as a... |
| 4 | Old French | conysance | recognition," later, "knowledge |
| 5 | Old French | conoissance | knowledge |
| 6 | Old French | conoistre | to know; to recognize |
| 7 | Latin | cognōscere | — |
| 8 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via English offence
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | offence | Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada... |
| 2 | Old French | offense | — |
| 3 | Latin | offēnsā | offense, violation of law |
| 4 | Latin | offenso | I strike or dash against; I falter, stumble over... |
| 5 | Latin | offendō | to hit, thrust, strike against something |
| 6 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 7 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |