The story
- Latin · derived fromrecognoscere“to recognise”
- French · derived fromreconnoître
- English todayreconnoitre
From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognise”). There is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre, influenced by the modern French form.
Words from the same roots
Frenchreconnoître all →
Latinrecognoscere all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.