Where does “omnicognizant” come from?
omnicognizant (English) comes from English cognizant, 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.
omnicognizant (English): Aware of everything
Definitions
- Aware of everything
Ancestry of “omnicognizant”, step by step
omnicognizant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cognizant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cognizant | Aware; fully informed; having understanding of a... |
| 2 | English | cognizance | An emblem, badge or device, used as a... |
| 3 | Old French | conysance | recognition," later, "knowledge |
| 4 | Old French | conoissance | knowledge |
| 5 | Old French | conoistre | to know; to recognize |
| 6 | Latin | cognōscere | — |
| 7 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English omni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | omni | A person who is not vegan; one with no particular... |
| 2 | English | omnivore | An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore) |
| 3 | Latin | omnivorus | eating all things, all-devouring, omnivorous |
| 4 | Latin | -vorus | -eating, -devouring |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |