Where does “percipiency” come from?
percipiency (English) comes from English percipient, from Latin percipiēns, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle — that.
percipiency (English): The faculty, act or power of perceiving;...
Definitions
- The faculty, act or power of perceiving;...
Ancestry of “percipiency”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | percipient | Having the ability to perceive, especially to... |
| 2 | Latin | percipiēns | securing, gaining |
| 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 |