Where does “scienter” come from?
Scienter comes from Latin scienter, derived from Latin scio, from Proto-Italic skijō, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sek-.
scienter (English): deliberately, knowingly; knowledge of one's own...
Definitions
- deliberately, knowingly; knowledge of one's own...
Ancestry of “scienter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | scienter | skillfully, expertly; knowingly, understandingly,... |
| 2 | Latin | sciēns | knowing, understanding |
| 3 | Latin | sciō | to be able to, to know, understand, to have practical knowledge |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |