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Where does “percevoir” come from?

percevoir (Old French) comes from Latin percipiō, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

percevoir (Old French): to notice; to become aware

Definitions

  1. to notice; to become aware

Ancestry of “percevoir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpercipiō—
2Latinperthrough, by means of; throughout, during
3LatinAd—
4Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
5Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
6LatinolleArchaic form of ille
7Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “percevoir”

  • perceive
  • perceiving
  • perceiver
  • perceivable
  • misperceive
  • unperceiving
  • perceiveth
  • apperceive
  • unperceivable
  • aperçu
  • perceivest
  • perceivably
  • imperceivable
  • reperceive
  • unperceivably
  • overperceive
  • underperceive
  • perceivance
  • nonperceiving
  • imperceivably
  • perceivableness
  • misperceiver
  • imperceivableness
  • unperceivingness
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