accognosco

Latin

Etymology

From ad- +‎ cognōsco.

Verb

accognōscō (present infinitive accognōscere, perfect active accognōvī, supine accognitum); third conjugation (Late Latin)[1]

  1. to recognize, acknowledge

Conjugation

1The verb "nōscō" and its compounds frequently drop the syllables "vi" and "ve" from their perfect, pluperfect and future perfect conjugations.

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “accŏgnĭtus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 78