Where does “scientific” come from?
Scientific derives from Middle French scientifique, from Medieval Latin scientificus, from Latin scientia meaning knowledge, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to do or put.
scientific (English): Of, or having to do with science; Having the...
Definitions
- Of, or having to do with science; Having the...
Ancestry of “scientific”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | scientifique | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | scientificus | pertaining to science; Of or pertaining to... |
| 3 | Latin | scientia | knowledge; nominative neuter plural of sciēns;... |
| 4 | Latin | sciēns | knowing, understanding |
| 5 | Latin | sciō | to be able to, to know, understand, to have practical knowledge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |
Words derived from “scientific”
- scientifically
- unscientific
- scientism
- neuroscientific
- nonscientific
- scientistic
- technoscientific
- prescientific
- scientificity
- unscientifically
- antiscientific
- geoscientific
- scientifical
- bioscientific
- metascientific
- quasiscientific
- socioscientific
- scientifiction
- ethnoscientific
- semiscientific
- scientificness
- nonscientifically
- neuroscientifically
- superscientific