The story
- Late Latin · derived from*appercipiō
- Old French · derived fromaperceveir
- Middle English · inherited fromaperceiven
- English todayapperceive
From Middle English aperceiven, from Old French aperceveir, apercevoir, from Late Latin *appercipiō, from ad- + percipiō.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.