Where does “megascience” come from?
megascience (English) comes from English science, from Middle English science, from Old French science, from Latin scientia, from Latin sciēns, from Latin sciō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy-, from Proto-Germanic skaidą — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
megascience (English): An area of scientific inquiry which is so complex and/or expensive that international collaboration is required to investigate it
Definitions
- An area of scientific inquiry which is so complex and/or expensive that international collaboration is required to investigate it
Ancestry of “megascience”, step by step
megascience traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English science
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | science | A particular discipline or branch of learning,... |
| 2 | Middle English | science | facts, knowledge; that which is known; One's... |
| 3 | Old French | science | knowledge; wisdom |
| 4 | Latin | scientia | knowledge; nominative neuter plural of sciēns;... |
| 5 | Latin | sciēns | knowing, understanding |
| 6 | Latin | sciō | to be able to, to know, understand, to have practical knowledge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |