discerno

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I separate, set apart, divide, part.
  • (figurative) I distinguish between, discern.
  • (figuratively) I determine, settle.
  • (figuratively) I except, omit

Etymology

Prefix from Latin cernō (discern, see, separate, sieve, sift, I separate, I sift) root from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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