The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκηνικός“theatrical”
- Latin · derived fromscēnicus
- Middle French · derived fromscénique
- English todayscenic
From Middle French scénique, from Latin scēnicus, alternative form of scaenicus (“of or pertaining to the stage; theatrical, scenic”), from Ancient Greek σκηνικός (skēnikós, “theatrical”), from σκηνή (skēnḗ, “stage”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.