Etymology

scenic

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Today it means: having beautiful scenery; picturesque Full definition →

Middle French scénique ← Latin scēnicus ← Ancient Greek σκηνικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκηνικός“theatrical”
  2. Latin · derived fromscēnicus
  3. Middle French · derived fromscénique
  4. 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.