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Notory comes from Late Latin notorius ‘pointing out, making known, causing to be known’, from notarius ‘notary’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-¹‘to recognise’uncertain
2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti¹‘to recognise’uncertain
3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnōskō¹‘to know, get to know’uncertain
4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgnōscō¹uncertain
5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōscō¹‘to become acquainted with something, learn about it, to be aware of’uncertain
6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnota¹‘mark, sign, note’
7. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEnotarius²‘notary’
8. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEnotorius²‘pointing out, making known, causing to be known’variant form of notarius
9. Englishearliest quotation 1971notory²

1. ¹ Wiktionary, Latin notarius
2. ² Wiktionary, English notory
3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic: “Most clergy […] asserted the futility of the notory…”.