conscience

/ˈkɒnʃəns/KON-shuhns

/ˈkɑnʃəns/KAHN-shuhns

Meaningknowing with oneself

Common meaning: your inner feeling for what is right

conwith, together; thoroughly
scito knowLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1643 · scan
encenoun ending: doing, or the condition that results

‘with, together’ + ‘to know’ → conscience

Journey through time

Latinsciō, scīre‘to know’
Englishconscience‘your inner feeling for what is right’ · today

con- also in: convex convey concave conceal concede

sci also in: science conscious

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin sciō ‘to know’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry sciō, p. 1643 · dictionary scan

Roots

sciō, scīre Latin “to know”

Related words

conscious science

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