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Where does “notice” come from?

notice (Middle French) comes from Latin nōtitia, from Latin nōtus, from Latin nōscō, from Latin gnōscō, from Proto-Italic gnōskō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₃sḱéti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “notice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnōtitia—
2Latinnōtus—
3Latinnōscō—
4Latingnōscō—
5Proto-Italicgnōskōknow, get to know
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₃sḱétito recognise
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “notice”

  • notice
  • noticeable
  • noticing
  • noticeably
  • unnoticeable
  • unnoticeably
  • unnoticing
  • counternotice
  • noticeability
  • noticer
  • noticest
  • noticeth
  • unnoticeableness
  • noticeableness
  • forenotice
  • pre-notice
  • notice board
  • notisi
  • notis
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