Cognize
/ˈkɒɡ.naɪz/noun
To know or become aware of something by thought or perception.
Did you know?Cognize comes from Latin *cognoscere*, built from *co-* (“together”) + *gnoscere* (“to know”), a root family that gave English words like *ignore* and *notice* through some very indirect linguistic magic.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵneh₃-
“to know”
Latin
Latin
gnoscere
“to come to know, learn”
Classical Latin
Latin
cognoscere
“to get to know, become acquainted with”
Late Latin
Latin
cognoscere
“to recognize, know”
Middle English
English
cognisen
“to know, perceive”
Modern English
English
cognize
“to know or perceive mentally”