American Heritage Dictionary: omniscient
Independently documents Latin rather than English formation.
Headword etymology: Medieval Latin omnisciēns- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. English borrowed a learned Latin all-knowing form; the compound analysis belongs inside Latin, not as a new English coinage from the modern noun science.
/ɒmˈnɪʃənt/ · adjective · noun
Knowing everything; borrowed from a learned Latin all-knowing formation in the science and scire family.
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Independently documents Latin rather than English formation.
Headword etymology: Medieval Latin omnisciēnsDocuments the learned Latin immediate source.
Word History: New Latin omniscient-, omnisciensThe dossier connects the word to science at Latin scientia without inventing an English compound.