quaint- root words — words with the quaint- root

The root quaint- comes from Latin cognoscere, meaning to know. 17 words in Dendril are built from it, including quaint, acquaintanceship, connoisseurship, incognizant, nonrecognition, photoreconnaissance, precognitive, reacquaint, reacquaintance, recce, recognisable, recognizor. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the quaint- root

Explore words with quaint- — words containing the quaint- root and sharing its sense of "to know". Examples include quaint, acquaintanceship, connoisseurship, incognizant, nonrecognition, photoreconnaissance, precognitive, reacquaint, reacquaintance, recce, recognisable, recognizor. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The quaint- root means to know, from Latin cognoscere. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.