escien

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• escient

Etymology

Latin sciens. Compare Old French escient, esciant.

Noun

escien m (oblique plural esciens, nominative singular esciens, nominative plural escien)

1. knowledge

Usage notes

• chiefly in the phrase son escien (“one's knowledge”)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sciens”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 305