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Where does “hypercognize” come from?

hypercognize (English) comes from English cognize, from English cognizance, from Old French conysance, from Old French conoissance, from Old French conoistre, from Latin cognōscere, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn- — resin, gum; to say, speak.

hypercognize (English): To overemphasize an emotion, and to create...

Definitions

  1. To overemphasize an emotion, and to create...

Ancestry of “hypercognize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcognizeTo know, perceive, or become aware of; To make...
2EnglishcognizanceAn emblem, badge or device, used as a...
3Old Frenchconysancerecognition," later, "knowledge
4Old Frenchconoissanceknowledge
5Old Frenchconoistreto know; to recognize
6Latincognōscere—
7Latinco-allomorph of con-
8Latincōn-—
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Germankitt—
16Old High Germankuti—
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
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