Etymology

omniscient

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Today it means: Having total knowledge. Full definition →

Medieval Latin omnisciens ← Latin omnis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromomnis“all”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromomnisciens“all-knowing”
  3. English todayomniscient

From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”) (further analysable via scient).

Words from the same roots

Latinomnis all →

omni-

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