consciousness
Meaningthe state or quality of being conscious
Common meaning: the state or quality of being conscious (inferred)
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- scito knowLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1643 · scan
- ousadjective ending: full of, having
- nessnoun ending: the state of being
‘with, together’ + ‘to know’ → consciousness
Journey through time
- Latinsciō, scīre‘to know’
- Englishconscious‘aware and awake’
- Englishformed in English from consciousconsciousness‘the state or quality of being conscious (inferred)’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: the state or quality of being conscious. It can be inferred from any of: conscious.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from conscious + -ness (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- sciō, scīre Latin “to know”
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