scientific的词源

英文词源

scientific (adj.): 1580s, from Middle French scientifique, from Medieval Latin scientificus "pertaining to science," from Latin scientia "knowledge" (see science) + -ficus "making" + facere "to make" (see factitious). Originally used to translate Greek epistemonikos "making knowledge" in Aristotle's "Ethics."

Sciential (mid-15c., "based on knowledge," from Latin scientialis) is the classical purists' choice for an adjective based on science. Scientic (1540s) and scient (late 15c.) also have been used. First record of scientific revolution is from 1803; scientific method is from 1854; scientific notation is from 1961. Related: Scientifical; scientifically.

词根词缀： -sci-知 + -ent形容词词尾 + -i- + -fic形容词词尾

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：scientific 词源，scientific 含义。

来自 science,科学，-ent,形容词后缀，-fic,做，产生，得到，词源同 fact,efficient.