Etymology of the Latin word conscientia
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)
Derivations in Latin
conscientiosusDerivations in other languages
French
conscience, Italian
coscienza, Portuguese
consciência, Spanish
conscienciaCognates
English
conscience, French
conscience, Italian
coscienza, Spanish
conciencia