Word origin
[1790–1800; ‹ L ‹ Gk, equiv. to
anagnōrí(
zein) to know again (
ana- ana- +
gnōr-, c. L
-gnōr- in
ignōrāre to
ignore +
-izein -ize) +
-sis -sis; perh.
gnōr- from adj. deriv. *
gnō-ró- knowing
]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backhanded, echelon, infiltration, rationalism, stereotype