science

science · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromscientia“knowledge”
2. Old French · derived fromscience
3. Middle English · inherited fromscience
4. English todayscience

From Middle English science, scyence, borrowed from Old French science, escience, from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciēns, the present participle stem of scire (“to know”).

science · noun²

See scion.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 14th c. A particular discipline or branch of knowledge that is natural, measurable or consisting of systematic principles rather than intuition or technical skill.
• from 14th c. Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.
• from 14th c. The fact of knowing something; knowledge or understanding of a truth.
• from 18th c. The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.