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nosco.

to become acquainted with something, learn about it, to be aware of

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈnoːs.koː]Classical-Latin[ˈnɔs.ko]
  1. to become acquainted with something, learn about it, to be aware of

    conjugation-3 · future · imperfect
  2. to become acquainted with something, learn about it, to be aware of to recognize someone, be familiar with

    conjugation-3 · future · imperfect · rare
  3. to become acquainted with something, learn about it, to be aware of to accept a reason or excuse

    conjugation-3 · future · imperfect
  4. to know, recognize, be acquainted with, i.e.; in possession of knowledge

    conjugation-3 · future · perfect · pluperfect
  5. to have had sex with, have ever slept with, (biblical) to know

    conjugation-3 · euphemistic
  6. to have had sex with, have ever slept with, (biblical) to know to acknowledge, submit to (God)

    Late-Latin · conjugation-3 · euphemistic
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti Proto-Italic *gnōskō Latin gnōscō Latin nōscō From earlier gnōscō, from Proto-Italic *gnōskō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti. The perfect form nōvī might serve as a replacement for an earlier root aorist from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéh₃t. The PIE adjective *ǵn̥h₃tós (“known”) should have yielded *nātus, which would have been identical with nātus. It is possible that the full-grade vocalism was introduced to avoid homophony. Cognate with Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō).

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