Word origin
 [1790–1800; ‹ L ‹ Gk, equiv. to 
anagnōrí(
zein) to know again (
ana- ana- + 
gnōr-, c. L 
-gnōr- in 
ignōrāre to 
ignore + 
-izein -ize) + 
-sis -sis; perh. 
gnōr- from adj. deriv. *
gnō-ró- knowing
]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backhanded, echelon, infiltration, rationalism, stereotype