noun, masculine/feminine/sɛp.tik/plural: sceptiques
sceptic (British), skeptic (American)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós)bor. Middle French sceptique French sceptique Inherited from Middle French sceptique, borrowed from Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós) or possibly intermediately borrowed from New Latin scepticus.