Where does “sciolous” come from?

sciolous (English) comes from Latin sciolus, from Latin scius, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

sciolous (English): Knowing superficially or imperfectly

Definitions

  1. Knowing superficially or imperfectly

Ancestry of “sciolous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsciolussciolist, smatterer
2Latinsciuscognizant, knowing
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin scius →