prescience (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[prescience 词源字典]
late 14c., from Old French prescience (13c.) and directly from Late Latin praescientia "fore-knowledge," from *praescientem, present participle of *praescire "to know in advance," from Latin prae "before" (see pre-) + scire "to know" (see science).[prescience etymology, prescience origin, 英语词源]