myEtymology.com: English etymology of scientific

Etymology of the English word scientific

the English word scientific

derived from the Latin word scientificus (scientific; learned)

derived 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-

derived from the Latin word sciencia

Word found in Modern English