Where does “scientism” come from?
Scientism comes from English science plus the suffix -ism, deriving from Ancient Greek -ισμός, itself from Ancient Greek -μός, which developed from Latin scientia meaning knowledge or expertise, formed with the Latin suffix -ia from Ancient Greek -ία.
scientism (English): The belief that the scientific method and the...
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- The belief that the scientific method and the...
Ancestry of “scientism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | scientisme | scientism |
| 2 | French | science | science |
| 3 | Middle French | science | science; knowledge |
| 4 | Old French | science | knowledge; wisdom |
| 5 | Latin | scientia | knowledge; nominative neuter plural of sciēns;... |
| 6 | Latin | sciēns | — |
| 7 | Latin | sciō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |
Words derived from “scientism”