Where does “perception” come from?

Perception comes from French perception, from Latin perceptio, a noun formed from Latin capio meaning to take or seize, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-.

perception (English): The organisation, identification and...

Definitions

  1. The organisation, identification and...

Ancestry of “perception”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperceptiontax collection; perception
2Latinperceptiōa taking, receiving, collecting, gathering
3Latinpercipiōto seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control)
4Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
5LatinAdtoward, to
6Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
7Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
8LatinolleArchaic form of ille
9Proto-Italic*olnosthat

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