Etymology of the English word science
the English word
sciencederived from the Old French word
sciencederived from the Latin word
scientia (knowledge, science; skill)
derived from the Latin word
sciens (conscious of; aware, cognizant)
derived from the Late Latin word
scire (know, understand)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*skei-Date
The earliest known usage of science in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
bioscience,
ethnoscience,
geoscience,
neuroscience,
pseudoscienceCognates
French
science, Italian
scienza, Spanish
cienciaUsage
Word found in Modern English
