Etymograph

English

autotopagnosia

Autotopagnosia comes from Ancient Greek ἀγνωσῐ́ᾱ ‘ignorance’, from ἀγνώς ‘obscure, ignoble’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-1‘to recognise’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγνώς1agnṓs‘obscure, ignoble’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγνωσῐ́ᾱ1agnōsĭ́ā‘ignorance’
  4. English1500–presentagnosia1
  5. Englishtodayautotopagnosia1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English autotopagnosia

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-Wiktionary, English autotopagnosia‘to recognise’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγνώςWiktionary, English autotopagnosiaagnṓs‘obscure, ignoble’
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀγνωσῐ́ᾱWiktionary, English autotopagnosiaagnōsĭ́ā‘ignorance’
  4. English1500–presentagnosiaWiktionary, English autotopagnosia
  5. EnglishtodayautotopagnosiaWiktionary, English autotopagnosia

A compound of auto- + topo- + agnosia

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew ‘again’

Ancient Greek αὖ ‘Again, anew, afresh, in turn’

Ancient Greek τόν

Ancient Greek αὐτός ‘self’

English auto-

Ancient Greek τόπος ‘place’

English topo-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’

Ancient Greek ἀγνώς ‘obscure, ignoble’

Ancient Greek ἀγνωσῐ́ᾱ ‘ignorance’

English agnosia

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’

can, could, know, normal, note, notice, recognize, narrative, recognition, glory, con, ken, ignore, keen, noble, cognitive, notion, ignorant, norm, notorious, cunning, nobility, narration, quaint, diagnostic, cognition, notation, gnome, canny, prognosis, notoriety, notary, incognito, connoisseur, agnostic, canna, uncouth, kith, recognizance, cognizance, 91 more

Today it means

noun A form of agnosia characterized by an inability to localize and orient different parts of the body

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “autotopagnosia”. 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.

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