English
scient
Scient comes from Latin sciēns ‘knowing’, and goes back to sciō ‘know’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsciō‘know’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsciēns‘knowing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1626scient
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsciō‘know’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsciēns‘knowing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1626scient
Earliest quotation: 1626, Sir Charles Cornwallis, A Discourse of the most illustrious Prince Henry: “…referring them to ſome ſuch of his principal Officers…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to distinguish, dissect’
ship, shift, equipment, shed, skip, kyle, ski, shin, squire, conscience, sheath, skeet, skiff, chine, scuttle, skein, shud, scullery, 42 more
through Proto-Italic *skijō
through Latin sciō ‘know’
nice, conscious, prescience, 17 more
through Latin sciēns ‘knowing’
Today it means
adj Knowing; aware; knowledgeable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin sciō / scient