incognito
/ˌɪnkɔːɡˈnitəʊ/in-kawg-NEE-toh
/ˌɪnkɔɡˈnitoʊ/in-kawg-NEE-toh
Meaningunknown
Common meaning: with identity hidden
- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- cognto get to know, learnLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 361 · scan
- itpast-participle stem ending (from Latin -itum)
‘in, into’ + ‘to get to know, learn’ → incognito
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin cognōscō (from (g)nōscō) ‘to get to know, learn’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry cognōscō (from (g)nōscō), p. 361 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry NOBLE, p. 393 · dictionary scan
Roots
- cognōscō (from (g)nōscō) Latin “to get to know, learn”
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