Etymology of the English word conscience
the English word
consciencederived from the Old French word
consciencederived from the Latin word
conscientia ( knowledge, complicity; conscience)
derived from the Latin word
consciensderived from the Latin word
conscire (feel guilty; be conscious of; have on conscience)
derived from the Late Latin word
scire (know, understand)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*skei-using the Latin prefix
con- (together)
derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
Date
The earliest known usage of conscience in English dates from the 13th century.
Cognates
French
conscience, Italian
coscienza, Latin
conscientia, Spanish
concienciaUsage
Word found in Modern English
