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Where does “recognition” come from?

recognition (English) comes from Latin recognitionem, from Latin recognōscere.

recognition (English): the act of recognizing or the condition of being...

Definitions

  1. the act of recognizing or the condition of being...

Ancestry of “recognition”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrecognitionem—
2Latinrecognōscere—

Words derived from “recognition”

  • nonrecognition
  • misrecognition
  • recognitional
  • biorecognition
  • allorecognition
  • unrecognition
  • underrecognition
  • recognitory
  • immunorecognition
  • irrecognition
  • corecognition
  • autorecognition
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