Etymology

prescientific

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Today it means: Before the development of modern science. Full definition →

English scientific ← Middle French scientifique ← Medieval Latin scientificus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  10. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  11. Latinsciō
  12. Latinsciēns
  13. Latinscientia
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  15. Proto-Italic*θakos
  16. Medieval Latinscientificus
  17. Middle Frenchscientifique
  18. Englishscientific
  19. English todayprescientific

From pre- + scientific.

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