cognosce
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent.
- (legal) To examine; to give judgment.
Etymology
Derived from Latin cognosco (I know).
Origin
Latin
cognosco
Gloss
I know
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cogniscient English
- cognoscible English
- incognoscible English
- cognomentum Latin
- cognosco Latin
- cognōscere Latin
- cognōscō Latin
- nosco Latin
- conoscere Italian
- conocer Spanish, Castilian
- desconocer Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- cognosce Scots