anosognosia (English)

Where does "anosognosia" come from?

The English noun 'anosognosia', meaning the inability of a person to recognize their own illness or handicap, is formed from the elements 'a-', 'noso-', and '-gnosia'[1].

Full etymology tree

• anosognosia (English), 'The inability of a person to recognize his or her own illness or handicap.'
  • prefix a- (English), 'Forming verbs with the sense away, up, on, out.'
  • back-formation noso- (English), 'disease'
  • suffix -gnosia (English), 'Synonym of -gnosis.'

Ancestors

• a- (English)
• noso- (English)
• -gnosia (English)

Descendants and derived words

• anosognosic (English)

Sources

1. anosognosia (English) - Wiktionary

Updated August 2026

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