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Where does “recognizable” come from?

Recognizable comes from English recognize, from Latin recognoscere, a compound of re- and cognoscere meaning to know again.

recognizable (English): able to be recognized

Definitions

  1. able to be recognized

Ancestry of “recognizable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrecognizeTo match to a memory of some previous encounter...
2EnglishcognizeTo know, perceive, or become aware of; To make...
3EnglishcognizanceAn emblem, badge or device, used as a...
4Old Frenchconysancerecognition," later, "knowledge
5Old Frenchconoissanceknowledge
6Old Frenchconoistreto know; to recognize
7Latincognōscere—
8Latinco-allomorph of con-
9Latincōn-—
10Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
11Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
12Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt—
16Germankitt—
17Old High Germankuti—
18Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
19Proto-Germanickweduzresin
20Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
21Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “recognizable”

  • recognizably
  • irrecognizable
  • nonrecognizable
  • recognizableness
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