Etymology

abarognosis

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Today it means: A loss of the ability to realise or estimate the weight of an object. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀ-
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀ-“not”
  2. English todayabarognosis

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βάρος (báros, “weight”) + γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀ- all →

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