desconocido

/deskonoˈθido/ · B1 · adj

unknown, undisclosed, unbeknownst

🗺️❓ des- (un-) + conocido (known) = un-known; conocer shares a root with cognition

conocer comes from Latin cognoscere, to get to know, the same root as English cognition and recognise. Add the negating prefix des- and the -ido past participle ending, and you get not-known: desconocido.

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