Etymological root

*ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European

# *ǵneh₃-

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Proto-Indo-European
**Slug:** neh

## Words From This Root
- know - To have information or facts in your mind.
- can - To be able to do something.
- could - Was able to (past form of 'can').
- normal - Usual, ordinary, or expected; not strange or surprising.
- recognize - To know someone or something because you have seen or met them before.
- knowledge - Information, facts, and understanding that you gain through learning or experience.
- glory - Great honour and admiration earned by an achievement.
- ignore - To deliberately pay no attention to someone or something.
- noble - Having or showing high moral qualities such as honesty, courage, and generosity.
- keen - Very interested in or enthusiastic about something.
- ignorant - Not knowing about a particular fact or situation.
- notion - An idea or belief about something.
- recognition - The act of knowing someone or something because you have seen them before.
- norm - What is usual, normal, or expected.
- diagnosis - The act of identifying a disease or medical condition, or the conclusion reached.
- notorious - Famous for something bad.
- nobility - The group of people in a society who have a high social rank, often with inherited titles; the aristocracy.
- narrative - A story or an account of connected events.
- uncanny - Strange and mysterious in a way that is hard to explain and slightly unsettling.
- cognitive - Connected with thinking, learning, understanding, and remembering
- diagnose - To identify a disease or medical condition from its signs and symptoms.
- connoisseur - An expert whose judgement is respected, especially in art, food, or other matters of taste.
- narrate - To tell a story or describe events in speech or writing.
- ken - range of knowledge or sight; to know or perceive
- incognizable - not able to be known or perceived by the mind
- cognition - the mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding
- prognosis - a forecast of the likely course of a disease or situation
- prognostication - the act of foretelling or predicting future events
- agnostic - one who holds that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable
- knowingness - the quality of seeming to know more than one reveals
- agnosticism - the view that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable
- diagnostic - relating to the identification of a disease or problem
- prognostic - foretelling a future course; a sign or forecast of what will happen

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Words from this root(33)

/noʊ/ To have information or facts in your mind. Meaning Off Sound Off

/kən/ To be able to do something. Meaning Off Sound Off

/kʊd/ Was able to (past form of 'can'). Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈnɔɹ.məl/ Usual, ordinary, or expected; not strange or surprising. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz/ To know someone or something because you have seen or met them before. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈnɑlɪdʒ/ Information, facts, and understanding that you gain through learning or experience. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɡloɹ.i/ Great honour and admiration earned by an achievement. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɪɡˈnoɹ/ To deliberately pay no attention to someone or something. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈnoʊbəl/ Having or showing high moral qualities such as honesty, courage, and generosity. Meaning Off Sound Off

/kin/ Very interested in or enthusiastic about something. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɪɡnəɹənt/ Not knowing about a particular fact or situation. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈnoʊʃən/ An idea or belief about something. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/ The act of knowing someone or something because you have seen them before. Meaning Off Sound Off

/nɔɹm/ What is usual, normal, or expected. Meaning Off Sound Off

/daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/ The act of identifying a disease or medical condition, or the conclusion reached. Meaning Off Sound Off

/nəˈtɔ.ɹi.əs/ Famous for something bad. Meaning Off Sound Off

/noʊˈbɪlɪti/ The group of people in a society who have a high social rank, often with inherited titles; the aristocracy. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈnæɹətɪv/ A story or an account of connected events. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ʌnˈkæni/ Strange and mysterious in a way that is hard to explain and slightly unsettling. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ Connected with thinking, learning, understanding, and remembering Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈdaɪ.əɡˌnoʊs/ To identify a disease or medical condition from its signs and symptoms. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌkɑnəˈsɝ/ An expert whose judgement is respected, especially in art, food, or other matters of taste. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈnæɹeɪt/ To tell a story or describe events in speech or writing. Meaning Off Sound Off

/kɛn/ range of knowledge or sight; to know or perceive Meaning Off Sound Off

incognizable C2+

/ɪnˈkɑɡnɪzəbəl/ not able to be known or perceived by the mind Meaning Off Sound Off

/kɑɡˈnɪʃən/ the mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding Meaning Off Sound Off

/prɑɡˈnoʊsɪs/ a forecast of the likely course of a disease or situation Meaning Off Sound Off

prognostication C2+

/prɑɡˌnɑstɪˈkeɪʃən/ the act of foretelling or predicting future events Meaning Off Sound Off

/æɡˈnɑstɪk/ one who holds that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable Meaning Off Sound Off

knowingness C2+

/ˈnoʊɪŋnəs/ the quality of seeming to know more than one reveals Meaning Off Sound Off

agnosticism C2+

/æɡˈnɑstɪˌsɪzəm/ the view that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌdaɪəɡˈnɑstɪk/ relating to the identification of a disease or problem Meaning Off Sound Off

/prɑɡˈnɑstɪk/ foretelling a future course; a sign or forecast of what will happen Meaning Off Sound Off

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