Perception

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late Middle English: from Latin perceptio(n- ), from the verb percipere ‘seize, understand’ (see perceive).

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Borrowed from French perception, from Latin perceptiō(“a receiving or collecting, perception, comprehension”), from perceptus(“perceived, observed”), perfect passive participle of percipiō(“I perceive, observe”); see perceive.

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perception (n.)

late 14c., percepcioun, "understanding, a taking cognizance," from Latin perceptionem (nominative perceptio) "perception, apprehension, a taking," noun of action from past-participle stem of percipere "to perceive" (see perceive). Also used in Middle English in the more literal sense of the Latin word. The meaning "intuitive or direct recognition of some innate quality" is from 1827.