reconocimiento

/rekonoθiˈmjento/ · B1 · noun · m

recognition

🔍🪖 re + conocer (to know) = knowing again: recognising what you already know

From Latin recognoscere: re- (again) + cognoscere (to get to know). The -miento suffix turns the verb reconocer into a noun, like English -ment. Military sense: scouts go out to get to know the terrain, hence reconnaissance.

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