Etymology of the English word consciousness
the English word
consciousnessderived from the English word
consciousderived from the Latin word
conscius (accomplice, accessory; partner; conscious, aware of, knowing)
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)
using the English suffix
-nessUsage
Word found in Modern English
