Notify
/ˈnoʊ.tɪ.faɪ/noun
To inform or give notice to someone.
Did you know?Notify comes from Latin notus, meaning “known,” so its oldest energy is literally about turning the unknown into public knowledge.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gno-
“to know”
Latin
Latin
gnoscere / noscere
“to come to know, learn”
Latin
Latin
notus
“known, recognized”
Late Latin
Latin
notificare
“to make known, announce”
Old French
Old French
notifier
“to notify, inform”
Middle English
English
notifyen
“to make known, inform”
Modern English
English
notify
“to inform or give notice to someone”