English
Scientologist
Scientologist comes from Latin sciēns ‘knowing, aware’, and goes back to sciō ‘to be able to’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsciō‘to be able to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsciēns‘knowing, aware’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEscientia
- Englishearliest quotation 1978Scientologist
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsciō‘to be able to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsciēns‘knowing, aware’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEscientia
- Englishearliest quotation 1978Scientologist
Earliest quotation: 1978, Gore Vidal, New York: “Neither of them had heard of Kelly or Kalki,…”
Formed from scientia + -ologist
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to distinguish, dissect’
ship, equipment, shift, shed, skip, kyle, ski, shin, conscience, squire, sheath, skeet, skiff, scuttle, chine, skein, prescient, scullery, shud, 41 more
through Proto-Italic *skijō
through Latin sciō ‘to be able to’
nice, conscious, prescience, 17 more
through Latin scientia
Today it means
noun A follower of Scientology, whether belonging to the "official" Church of Scientology or being outside in the so-called Free Zone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sciō / Scientologist