Where does “perception” come from?
perception (Middle French) comes from Latin perceptiō, from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
Ancestry of “perception”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | perceptiō | a taking, receiving, collecting, gathering |
| 2 | Latin | percipiō | to seize or take on (entirely); assume; earn; occupy, keep (i.e. maintain control) |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |