Where does “perceiving” come from?
Perceiving derives from Middle English perceiven, from Old French percevoir, from Latin percipere, meaning to seize or take, from capio meaning to take, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-.
perceiving (English): present participle of perceive; The act by which...
Definitions
- present participle of perceive; The act by which...
Ancestry of “perceiving”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | perceive | To become aware of, through the physical senses... |
| 2 | Old French | percevoir | to notice; to become aware |
| 3 | Latin | percipiō | to seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control) |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |