cognosco.
to learn, to get to know
Meaning & usage
to learn, to get to know
ab (or ex) aliqua cognoscere
to be acquainted (with someone), recognize, apprehend
to know, perceive, understand
to have had sex with, have ever slept with, (biblical) to know
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti Proto-Italic *gnōskō Latin gnōscō Latin gnōscō Latin cognōscō From con- (prefix indicating completion) + gnōscō (“to know”).
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