Where does “science fiction” come from?

science fiction (English) comes from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

science fiction (English): Fiction in which advanced technology or science...

Definitions

Fiction in which advanced technology or science...

Ancestry of “science fiction”, step by step

science fiction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fiction

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	fiction	Literary type using invented or imaginative...
2	Middle English	ficcioun	An invention or fabrication
3	Old French	ficcion	dissimulation, ruse, invention
4	Latin	fictio	fashioning, forming, formation; fiction
5	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
6	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
7	Latin	dissertus	arranged, disposed; explained
8	Latin	disserere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
9	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10	Latin	calceus	shoe
11	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line
12	Ancient Greek	χάλιξ	small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

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,...

Words derived from “science fiction”

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →Every word from Latin -tiō →Every word from Latin dis- →