English
barognosis
Barognosis comes from Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς ‘inquiry’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-1‘to recognise’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃tis1reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγνῶσῐς1gnôsĭs‘inquiry’
- English1500–presentgnosis1
- Englishtodaybarognosis1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English barognosis
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-Wiktionary, English barognosis‘to recognise’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃tisWiktionary, English barognosisreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγνῶσῐςWiktionary, English barognosisgnôsĭs‘inquiry’
- English1500–presentgnosisWiktionary, English barognosis
- EnglishtodaybarognosisWiktionary, English barognosis
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, could, know, note, normal, notice, glory, con, narrative, recognize, recognition, ken, ignore, keen, noble, notion, cognitive, ignorant, norm, notorious, cunning, diagnostic, notation, nobility, quaint, narration, cognition, notoriety, canny, gnome, incognito, notary, connoisseur, agnostic, uncouth, canna, kith, annotate, recognizance, cun, 90 more
through Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς ‘inquiry’
Today it means
noun The ability to evaluate the weight of objects, or to differentiate objects of different weights by holding or lifting them.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “barognosis”. 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- / barognosis