Which Language Is Reconnoitre?

C18: from obsolete French reconnoître to inspect, explore; see recognize.

What is the origin of the word reconnoitre?

reconnoiter (v.)

also reconnoitre, 1707, "make a survey," specifically "to examine a tract or region for military or engineering purposes," from older French reconnoitre (Modern French reconnaître), from Old French reconoistre "to identify" (see recognize).

Is reconnoiter a French word?

Reconnoiter comes from the French word that means “to recognize,” based on the verb connaître which means “to know,” so both recognize and reconnoiter literally mean “to know again” according to their shared etymology.