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Where does “scientificus” come from?

scientificus (Medieval Latin) comes 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,...

scientificus (Medieval Latin): pertaining to science; Of or pertaining to...

Definitions

  1. pertaining to science; Of or pertaining to...

Ancestry of “scientificus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “scientificus”

  • scientific
  • scientifically
  • unscientific
  • neuroscientific
  • nonscientific
  • technoscientific
  • prescientific
  • scientificity
  • unscientifically
  • antiscientific
  • geoscientific
  • scientifical
  • bioscientific
  • metascientific
  • quasiscientific
  • socioscientific
  • ethnoscientific
  • semiscientific
  • scientificness
  • nonscientifically
  • neuroscientifically
  • superscientific
  • postscientific
  • technoscientifically
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