Where does “sci” come from?

sci (Latin) comes from Latin scio, from Proto-Italic skijō, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

sci (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “sci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinscioI can, know, understand, have knowledge; I know...
2Proto-Italicskijō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skey- →Every word from Proto-Italic skijō →