Knowing etymologies

Data – Latin, literally ‘something given,’ neuter past participle of dare ‘give.’

Conceive/concept – Latin concipere, from com– ‘together’ + capere ‘take.’

Comprehend – Latin comprehendere, from com– ‘together’ + prehendere ‘grasp.’

Inform/information – Latin informare ‘shape, fashion, describe,’ from in– ‘into’ + forma ‘a form.’

Fact – Latin factum, neuter past participle of facere ‘do.’

Integrate – Latin integrat– ‘made whole,’ from the verb integrare, from integer ‘whole’.

Incorporate – Latin incorporare, from in– ‘into’ + Latin corporare ‘form into a body’.

Knowledge – Old English cnawan (earlier gecnawan) [recognize, identify,] of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin (g)noscere, Greek gignoskein.

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