Where does “irrecognizable” come from?
irrecognizable (English) comes from English recognizable, from English recognize, from English cognize, from English cognizance, from Old French conysance, from Old French conoissance, from Old French conoistre, from Latin cognōscere — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
irrecognizable (English): Unable to be recognized
Definitions
- Unable to be recognized
Ancestry of “irrecognizable”, step by step
irrecognizable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English recognizable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | recognizable | able to be recognized |
| 2 | English | recognize | To match to a memory of some previous encounter... |
| 3 | English | cognize | To know, perceive, or become aware of; To make... |
| 4 | English | cognizance | An emblem, badge or device, used as a... |
| 5 | Old French | conysance | recognition," later, "knowledge |
| 6 | Old French | conoissance | knowledge |
| 7 | Old French | conoistre | to know; to recognize |
| 8 | Latin | cognōscere | — |
| 9 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English ir
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ir | — |