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NODE / 0176attestedAnglo-French

science / cience

knowledge, learning

DATE
Anglo-French period
SENSE
general knowledge
FAMILY
Indo-European / Romance
CANONICAL KEY
node:12:science-cience:attested:sense:general-knowledge

The French forms transmit the Latin learned noun.

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DESCENDANTborrowingestablished
Middle English · 14th–15th centuries · general knowledge

science / cience

knowledge, learning, the ability to know, a branch of knowledge

SOUND
Anglo-French science/cience is adopted into Middle English learned vocabulary.
MEANING
The broad knowledge and learning senses remain central.
CHRONOLOGY
First-known English use is reported in the fourteenth century.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster Editors
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Science — Word HistorysupportsEtymology; First Known Use

Reports Anglo-French transmission and a fourteenth-century first use.

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STEP 02historical continuationestablished
Middle Englishscience / cience→Present-Day English · 16th–18th centuriessciencean organized body or branch of knowledge
SOUND
Middle English science / cience stabilizes as Early Modern science.
MEANING
Knowledge and learning remain broad while an organized branch or body of knowledge becomes a salient application.
Merriam-Webster Editors · John Harris2 CITATIONSEDGE 363 ↗
Science — Word History · Definitions and etymology ↗Lexicon technicum: or, an universal English dictionary of arts and sciences · Image [812], left column, SYSTEM entry, “System of Philosophy”; e-rara content image 2867876 ↗
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STEP 03semantic specializationestablished
Present-Day Englishscience→Present-Day English · 19th century–todaysciencesystematic knowledge, especially knowledge tested through scientific method
SOUND
The Early Modern spelling science continues as modern /ˈsaɪəns/ with pronunciation stabilization.
MEANING
An organized branch or body of knowledge narrows in prominent modern use toward systematic and especially natural knowledge tested through scientific method.
Merriam-Webster Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 162 ↗
Science — Word History · Definitions and etymology ↗

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04sciencescience / cience · established