scientia

Japanese: scientia
scientia

…It was originally a word created in Japan at the end of the 19th century as a translation of the English (or French) word science, and was later imported into China. Science is thought to have originally come from the Latin word scientia, which means knowledge in general. As a European word, it was quickly adopted into French, and was established in English in the early 17th century. …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "scientia" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…元来は英語(もしくはフランス語)のscienceの訳語として19世紀末に日本で造られた単語であり,その後中国にも輸入された。scienceとは本来ラテン語のscientiaつまり〈知識〉全般を指す言葉から生まれたものと解される。ヨーロッパ語としてはフランス語に取り入れられたのが早く,17世紀初期に英語としても定着した。…

※「scientia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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