Where does “consciencelessly” come from?
consciencelessly (English) comes from English conscienceless, from English conscience, from Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin cōnscientia, from Latin conscire, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
consciencelessly (English): in a conscienceless manner
Definitions
- in a conscienceless manner
Ancestry of “consciencelessly”, step by step
consciencelessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English conscienceless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | conscienceless | Lacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless |
| 2 | English | conscience | The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it... |
| 3 | Middle English | conscience | conscience |
| 4 | Old French | conscience | conscience |
| 5 | Latin | cōnscientia | knowledge shared with others, being in the know or privy to, joint knowledge; complicity |
| 6 | Latin | conscire | present active infinitive of cōnsciō; to know, to... |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |