Fact 31: Where does the word science come from?

Fact 31: Where does the word science come from? 

The word “Science” comes from the Latin word “Scientia”, that means knowing something. By the late 14th century, science meant, in English, collective knowledge. By the 16th century it became the mean of the word we know as science. 

The Oxford dictionary states that the word science means:

"the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.

the world of science and technology"

However the Science Council Science says "science is the pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence."  So there is still an idea of knowledge and understanding and  intellectual (good at thinking clever and intelligent things) linked to the word even to day!