Where does “perceive” come from?
Perceive comes from Middle English perceiven, from Old French percevoir, from Latin percipere, meaning "to take in or grasp," derived from capio "to take," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-.
perceive (English): To become aware of, through the physical senses...
Definitions
- To become aware of, through the physical senses...
Ancestry of “perceive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | percevoir | to notice; to become aware |
| 2 | Latin | percipiō | to seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control) |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |