English

Sciencemas

Blend of science + Christmas, equivalent to science + -mas.

Latin sciō ‘to know’

Latin sciēns ‘knowing’

Latin scientia ‘knowledge’

Old French science ‘knowledge’

Middle English science ‘a science’

Old English Cristes mæsse

Middle English Cristemasse

Today it means

name Christmas, in an atheistic context.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sciencemas