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Where does “scienziato” come from?

scienziato (Italian) comes from Italian scienza, from Latin scientia, from Latin sciēns, from Latin sciō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy-, from Proto-Germanic skaidą, from Proto-Indo-European skÁit- — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

scienziato (Italian): scientist; man of science

Definitions

  1. scientist; man of science

Ancestry of “scienziato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscienzascience; learning, knowledge
2Latinscientiaknowledge; nominative neuter plural of sciēns;...
3Latinsciēns—
4Latinsciō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
6Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

Words derived from “scienziato”

  • pseudoscienziato
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