Etymograph

English

quasiscience

From quasi- + science.

Formed from quasi- + science

Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂m

Proto-Italic *kʷis ‘who, what’

Latin quam ‘in what (which) way, to what (which) degree’

Latin quasi ‘almost’

English quasi-

Latin sciō ‘to know’

Latin sciēns ‘knowing’

Latin scientia ‘knowledge’

Old French science ‘knowledge’

Middle English science ‘a science’

English science

Today it means

noun An area of inquiry that makes use of some of the methods of science, but which fails to be a true science.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quasiscience”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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