The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκηνή“scene, stage”
- Latin · derived fromsc(a)ena
- Middle French · derived fromscene
- Middle English · inherited fromscene
- English todayscene
From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσκηνή all →
skene
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.