scio

Meaning

Verb

1. (conjugation-4) to be able to, to know (how to do), understand, to have practical knowledge
2. (conjugation-4, euphemistic) to know carnally

Adj

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of scius

Concepts

know

understand

can

comprehend

figure out

hear

make sense

read

📖

realize

resolve

apprehend

to know

be able to

Opposite of

ignōrō, nesciō

Synonyms

capio

teneo

video

👀

interpretor

nosco

possum

queo

sapio

scisco

subaudio

intellego

percipio

intelligo

notitiam habere

uti aliquo

subadio

comprehendō

posse

intellegō

conspicio

👀

exaudio

Translations

sapere

saber

savoir

wissen

saber

bilmek

anlamak

conhecer

können

zanîn

capire

entender

entendre

begreifen

pouvoir

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈski.oː]

Etymology

De Vaan follows the LIV in tentatively reconstructing Proto-Italic *skijō, from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to distinguish, dissect”), in which case related to secō (“to cut off”), signum (“a sign”), Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) and English shit. He additionally notes the bare verb may be a backformation from nesciō. The proposed semantic development is not unusual, but is difficult to reconcile with the archaic semantics preserved in the deponent senses of Latin scitus and its diminutive, Latin scitulus, which instead suggest shared origin with Sanskrit चि (ci), Sanskrit चेतते (cétate), presumably reflecting Proto-Indo-European *keyt-.