Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Cognition has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
"Her advanced cognition allowed her to solve complex puzzles by quickly processing both visual clues and logical patterns."
The word "cognition" comes from the Latin term cognitiō, which originally meant knowledge or perception. It is derived from a root meaning "to know together," combining the prefix co- with an older form of the verb for knowing.