Etymology of the French word conscience
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 French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
consciencieux,
inconscience,
demi-conscience,
subconscience,
surconscienceDerivations in other languages
English
conscienceCognates
English
conscience, Italian
coscienza, Latin
conscientia, Spanish
concienciaUsage
Word found in Old French
