Ideas terminology · Knowledge & learning
sci- — Knowledge
sci- means knowledge. Latin source words and ideas terminology examples: science.
Meaning and source words
Meaning: Knowledge
- Latin: sciō
Examples and word parts
science
Organized inquiry that builds and tests explanations using evidence.
Word parts: science comes through Latin scientia (knowledge), from sciō (know).
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Related knowledge & learning terms
- gnos- — Knowledge
agnostic
- epistem/o — Knowledge
epistemology
- soph/o — Wisdom
sophist
- phil/o — Love or fondness
philosophy
- math- — Learning
mathematics
- didact- — Teaching
didactic
- doc- — Teaching
doctrine
Sources and usage
From the Word Radicals ideas terminology collection. Source words and word parts are learning references; modern meanings can differ from their classical sources.