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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
2Latinperceptiō—
3Latinpercipiō—
4Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
5LatinAd—
6Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
7Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
8LatinolleArchaic form of ille
9Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “perception”

  • misperception
  • perceptional
  • nonperception
  • imperception
  • metaperception
  • graviperception
  • reperception
  • visuoperception
  • chemoperception
  • nociperception
  • afterperception
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