Synonyms & related words for discerns

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Words related to discerns

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Where does discerns come from?

The word discerns breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“apart, not”); and -cern, from Latin cerno (“sift, separate”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.