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Etymology Word of the Week

Director of Admissions Pat O'Rourke '90, a self-proclaimed "word nerd," brings you his Etymology Word of the Week. Every other week he presents an online Etymology lesson just for fun!

Etymology Word of the Week – As some of you know, in addition to working in the Admissions Office, I also teach Latin at Saint Ignatius and am something of a "word nerd."  Thus, each week, I’ll sneak a vocabulary word (sometimes derived from Latin, sometimes not) into the e-blast.  Here then is this week’s edition of the Etymology Word of the Week.

Connoiseur

Definition: “A critical judge of any art; one well-acquainted with any of the fine arts and thus competent to pass judgment on its products.”

Origin/Derivation: From the French verb conoistre “to know”, which itself comes from the Latin verb cognosco, cognitum meaning “to get to know, to recognize”. 

Related Words: recognize, cognizance, cognoscenti, agnostic, diagnosis, prognosis, ignorant, incognito, reconnaissance, cognitive

 

 


(All information is from www.wikipedia.org, www.etymonline.com and/or www.dictionary.com)



“Old Saw” of the Week:
See if you can “complete the phrase” of this time-worn (but true!) adage:


"Better late...”



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than never.