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precognition

The origin and history of precognition.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French precognition, or from its source, Latin praecognitio, from praecognōscō (“to know beforehand”). It is a doublet of the Germanic-based foreknowledge and the Greek-based prognosis, and is equivalent to pre- plus cognition.

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