Where does “unrecognizableness” come from?
unrecognizableness (English) comes from English unrecognizable, from English recognize, from English cognize, from English cognizance, from Old French conysance, from Old French conoissance, from Old French conoistre, from Latin cognōscere — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
unrecognizableness (English): The quality of being unrecognizable
Definitions
- The quality of being unrecognizable
Ancestry of “unrecognizableness”, step by step
unrecognizableness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unrecognizable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unrecognizable | that cannot be recognized, especially because of... |
| 2 | English | recognize | To match to a memory of some previous encounter... |
| 3 | English | cognize | To know, perceive, or become aware of; To make... |
| 4 | English | cognizance | An emblem, badge or device, used as a... |
| 5 | Old French | conysance | recognition," later, "knowledge |
| 6 | Old French | conoissance | knowledge |
| 7 | Old French | conoistre | to know; to recognize |
| 8 | Latin | cognōscere | — |
| 9 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |