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- Latin · derived fromcognōscentem
- English todaycogniscient
Borrowed from Latin cognōscentem, nominative cognōscēns, participle of cognōsco (“learn, get to know”) (See cognizant). The unetymological spelling will have been influenced by similar Latin borrowings, such as proficient, efficient, sufficient, etc. (See Rhymes: -ɪʃənt).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.