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Discern

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to perceive or recognize something clearly, especially something not obvious
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Stage 1 of 2
discernere
Latin · ancient
"to sift apart, to distinguish"
to sift apart, to distinguish, from dis- (apart) and cernere (to sift)
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Stage 2 of 2
discern
English · 1300s
"to perceive or recognize something clearly"
settled as the English word for perceiving or recognizing something clearly
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