Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

omniscience

 

knowing all things

 

Perhaps one has made some progress in the quest for wisdom when one realizes that he/she may be infinitely removed from omniscience.

 

Related English word: omniscient (knowing all things)

 

Latin root words: omnis, omne - all, every; scio, scire, scivi, scitus - to know; scientia, scientiae, f. - knowledge 

 

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