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START / NODE 454Present-Day English1598–today

omniscient

Knowing everything; borrowed from a learned Latin all-knowing formation in the science and scire family.

“Omniscient was not assembled in English from omni plus science. English borrowed an already formed Latin all-knowing word.”
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00Present-Day English · attestedomniscient

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

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Present-Day Englishomniscient

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

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Medieval Latin · Medieval or New Latinomniscient-, omnisciēns

knowing all things; all-knowing

SOUND CHANGE
English omniscient borrows the learned Latin stem omniscient- with English stress and final-syllable reduction.
SEMANTIC CHANGE
The all-knowing sense is retained and later applied to narrators as well as beings or persons.
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established
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Merriam-Webster reports first known English use in 1598.
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