Etymology

recognizable

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Today it means: Able to be recognized. Full definition →

English recognize ← Middle English re- ← Old French re-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishcognize
  7. Englishrecognize
  8. English todayrecognizable

From recognize + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.