Where does “conoistre” come from?
conoistre (Old French) comes from Latin cognōscere, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
conoistre (Old French): to know; to recognize
Definitions
- to know; to recognize
Ancestry of “conoistre”, step by step
conoistre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin cognōscere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cognōscere | — |
| 2 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 4 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 5 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Late Latin conōscō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | conōscō | — |
| 2 | Latin | cognōscō | to learn, to get to know |
| 3 | Latin | nōscō | to become acquainted with something, learn about it, to be aware of |
| 4 | Latin | gnōscō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gnōskō | know, get to know |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃sḱéti | to recognise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |