desconocida

/deskonoˈθida/ · B1 · noun · f

Jane Doe

👩❓ des + conocida = un + known: the unknown woman

Conocer means to know a person, from Latin cognoscere, which is also the root of English recognize. The prefix des- means un-, so desconocida is the unknown woman, the Spanish label for an unnamed woman.

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