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- Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
- Proto-Indo-European*skey-
- Latinsciō
- Latinsciēns
- Latinscientia
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Italic*θakos
- Medieval Latinscientificus
- Middle Frenchscientifique
- Englishscientific
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
- Proto-Italic*θingō
- Proto-Italic*fingō
- Latinfingō
- Latinfictiō
- Old Frenchficcion
- Middle Englishficcioun
- Englishfiction
- English todayscientifiction
Blend of scientific + fiction. Coined by Hugo Gernsback in 1916.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.