NODE / 0455attestedMedieval Latin

omniscient-, omnisciēns

knowing all things; all-knowing

DATE: Medieval or New Latin
SENSE: all knowing
FAMILY: Indo-European / Italic
CANONICAL KEY: node:14:omniscient omnisciens:attested:sense:all-knowing

American Heritage classifies omnisciēns as Medieval Latin; Merriam-Webster classifies the immediate form as New Latin.

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Medieval Latin · Medieval Latin · all knowledge

omniscientia

all-knowledge or omniscience

SOUND: Merriam-Webster analyzes omnisciēns as a back-formation from Medieval Latin omniscientia.
MEANING: The abstract state of all-knowledge supplies an adjective meaning all-knowing.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster editors
CONFIDENCE: probable — American Heritage instead presents Medieval Latin omnisciēns directly as omni- plus sciēns.

Omniscient — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsWord History: back-formation from Medieval Latin omniscientia

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Present-Day English · 1598–today · all knowing

omniscient

having total, universal, or complete knowledge; also an all-knowing narrator or being

SOUND: English omniscient borrows the learned Latin stem omniscient- with English stress and final-syllable reduction.
MEANING: The all-knowing sense is retained and later applied to narrators as well as beings or persons.
CHRONOLOGY: Merriam-Webster reports first known English use in 1598.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster · American Heritage editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Omniscient — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsWord History and First Known Use

Documents the Latin borrowing and 1598 English horizon.

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American Heritage Dictionary: omniscientsupportsHeadword etymology: Medieval Latin omnisciēns

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Medieval Latinomniscient-, omnisciēns→Present-Day English · 1598–todayomniscienthaving total, universal, or complete knowledge; also an all-knowing narrator or being

SOUND: English omniscient borrows the learned Latin stem omniscient- with English stress and final-syllable reduction.
MEANING: The all-knowing sense is retained and later applied to narrators as well as beings or persons.

Merriam-Webster · American Heritage editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 419 ↗

Omniscient — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Word History and First Known Use ↗American Heritage Dictionary: omniscient · Headword etymology: Medieval Latin omnisciēns ↗

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