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Where does “pseudoscientific” come from?

pseudoscientific (English) comes from English pseudoscience, 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- — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

pseudoscientific (English): Of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not...

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience; not...

Ancestry of “pseudoscientific”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpseudoscienceAny body of knowledge that purports to be...
2EnglishscienceA particular discipline or branch of learning,...
3Middle Englishsciencefacts, knowledge; that which is known; One's...
4Old Frenchscienceknowledge; wisdom
5Latinscientiaknowledge; nominative neuter plural of sciēns;...
6Latinsciēns—
7Latinsciō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
9Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

Words derived from “pseudoscientific”

  • pseudoscientifically
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