science

/ˈsaɪəns/SIGH-uhns

/ˈsaɪəns/SIGH-uhns

Meaningknowing

Common meaning: organised knowledge of the world

scito knowLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1643 · scan
encenoun ending: doing, or the condition that results

Journey through time

Latinsciō, scīre‘to know’
Frenchscience
Middle Englishsciencesource
Englishscience‘organised knowledge of the world’ · today

sci also in: conscious conscience

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin sciō ‘to know’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry sciō, p. 1643 · dictionary scan

Roots

sciō, scīre Latin “to know”

Related words

conscience conscious

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