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== Etymology == The word ''cognition'' dates back to the 15th century, where it meant "[[thought|thinking]] and awareness".<ref name=":0">{{cite book | vauthors = Revlin R | title = Cognition: Theory and Practice }}</ref> The term comes from the [[Latin]] noun {{Langx|la|{{wikt-lang|en|i=no|cognitio}}|label=none}} ('examination', 'learning', or 'knowledge'), derived from the verb {{Langx|la|{{wikt-lang|en|i=no|cognosco}}|label=none}}, a [[Compound (linguistics)|compound]] of {{Langx|la|{{wikt-lang|en|i=no|con}}|label=none}} ('with') and {{Langx|la|{{wikt-lang|en|i=no|gnosco|gnōscō}}|label=none}} ('know'). The latter half, {{Lang|la|gnōscō}}, itself is a [[cognate]] of a [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] verb, ''{{Langx|grc|gi(g)nósko|label=none|italic=yes}}'' ({{Langx|grc|γι(γ)νώσκω|label=none|lit=I know,' or 'perceive}}).<ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Liddell HG, Scott R | author-link1 = Henry Liddell | author-link2 = Robert Scott (philologist) | date = 1940 | url = https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=gignw/skw | title = γιγνώσκω | work = [[A Greek–English Lexicon|A Greek-English Lexicon]] | veditors = Jones HS, McKenzie R | editor-link1 = Henry Stuart Jones | location = Oxford | publisher = [[Oxford University Press|Clarendon Press]] | via = [[Perseus Project]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Franchi S, Bianchini F | author-link2 = Francesco Bianchini | date = 2011 | chapter = On The Historical Dynamics Of Cognitive Science: A View From The Periphery. | title = The Search for a Theory of Cognition: Early Mechanisms and New Ideas | location = Amsterdam | publisher = [[Rodopi (publisher)|Rodopi]] | page = XIV }}</ref>
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