English
agnosic
Agnosic comes from Ancient Greek ἀγνωσῐ́ᾱ ‘ignorance’, from ἀγνώς ‘obscure, ignoble’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-1‘to recognise’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγνώς1agnṓs‘obscure, ignoble’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγνωσῐ́ᾱ1agnōsĭ́ā‘ignorance’
- English1500–presentagnosia1
- Englishtodayagnosic1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English agnosic
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-Wiktionary, English agnosic‘to recognise’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγνώςWiktionary, English agnosicagnṓs‘obscure, ignoble’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγνωσῐ́ᾱWiktionary, English agnosicagnōsĭ́ā‘ignorance’
- English1500–presentagnosiaWiktionary, English agnosic
- EnglishtodayagnosicWiktionary, English agnosic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, could, know, normal, note, notice, narrative, glory, recognize, recognition, con, ken, keen, ignore, noble, notion, cognitive, ignorant, norm, notorious, cunning, narration, notation, nobility, quaint, cognition, diagnostic, notoriety, notary, canny, incognito, connoisseur, gnome, prognosis, uncouth, canna, kith, recognizance, annotate, cognizance, 91 more
Today it means
adj Exhibiting or relating to agnosia.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “agnosic”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- / agnosic