Etymograph

English

recognosce

Recognosce comes from Latin recognōscō ‘to know again, recollect, recall to mind,…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-1‘to recognise’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti1‘to recognise’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnōskō1‘to know, get to know’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgnōscō1‘to know’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognōscō2‘know, recognize’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErecognōscō3as recognoscere‘to know again, recollect, recall to mind, recognize’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1637recognosce3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin cognosco
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin recognosco
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English recognosce
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1637, Robert Monro, Monro: “the enemie must palle to come unto him ,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-Wiktionary, Latin cognosco‘to recognise’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵn̥h₃sḱétiWiktionary, Latin cognosco‘to recognise’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnōskōWiktionary, Latin cognosco‘to know, get to know’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgnōscōWiktionary, Latin cognosco‘to know’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcognōscōWiktionary, Latin recognosco‘know, recognize’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErecognōscōWiktionary, English recognosceas recognoscere‘to know again, recollect, recall to mind, recognize’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1637recognosceWiktionary, English recognosce. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1637, Robert Monro, Monro: “the enemie must palle to come unto him ,…”

Linked words

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

can, know, could, normal, narrative, glory, ken, keen, con, ignore, recognition, ignorant, norm, cunning, narration, canny, prognosis, connoisseur, canna, uncouth, kith, cun, gnosis, recognizance, 83 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti ‘to recognise’

diagnostic, gnome, agnostic, 39 more

through Proto-Italic *gnōskō ‘to know, get to know’

denote, annotation, noblesse, ignoble, 33 more

through Latin gnōscō ‘to know’

note, notice, noble, notion, notorious, notation, nobility, notoriety, notary, cognition, acquaint, annotate, 33 more

through Latin cognōscō ‘know, recognize’

cognitive, quaint, incognito, cognizance, precognition, 14 more

Today it means

verb To recognise.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “recognosce”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin cognosco, Latin recognosco. 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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