English word conscience comes from Latin sciendus, Latin con-, Latin con, and later Latin scientia (Knowledge.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| sciendus | Latin (lat) | |
| con- | Latin (lat) | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects. Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word. |
| con | Latin (lat) | |
| scientia | Latin (lat) | Knowledge. |
| ști | Romanian (ron) | (reflexive) to be known. To know (generally said of facts). |
| com- | Latin (lat) | |
| conscio | Latin (lat) | I am conscious of, have on my conscience.. I know well. |
| conscire | Latin (lat) | |
| conscientis | Latin (lat) | |
| conscientia | Latin (lat) | Knowledge shared with others, being in the know or privy to, joint knowledge; complicity. Knowledge within oneself of right or wrong; conscience; remorse. Knowledge within oneself, consciousness, feeling. |
| conscience | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | Conscience. |
| conscience | English (en) | (chiefly fiction) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.. (obsolete) Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.. The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour. |