Etymology

unscientific

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Today it means: Not scientific Full definition →

English scientific ← Middle French scientifique ← Medieval Latin scientificus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  10. Latinsciō
  11. Latinsciēns
  12. Latinscientia
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  14. Proto-Italic*θakos
  15. Medieval Latinscientificus
  16. Middle Frenchscientifique
  17. Englishscientific
  18. English todayunscientific

From un- + scientific.

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