cognicioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin cognitio (“knowledge, perception, a judicial examination, trial”), from cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (“to know”), from co- (“together”) + *gnoscere, older form of noscere (“to know”).

Noun

cognicioun (plural cogniciouns)

  1. Ability to comprehend.

Descendants

  • English: cognition

References

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