The Online Etymology Dictionary agrees:
science - c. 1340, from O.Fr. science, from L. scientia "knowledge," from sciens (gen. scientis), prp. of scire "to know," related to scindere "to cut, divide." Modern sense of "non-arts studies" is from 18c. Science fiction first recorded 1929; abbreviated form sci-fi is from 1955.
scientific - 1589, from M.Fr. scientifique, from M.L. scientificus, from L. scientia "knowledge" (see science) + -ficus "making" + facere "to make." Originally used to translate Gk. epistemonikos "making knowledge" in Aristotle's "Ethics." Scientist coined 1834 by William Whewell.
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