Where does “conscionable” come from?
conscionable (English) comes from English conscions, 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.
conscionable (English): In accordance with conscience; defensible; proper
Definitions
- In accordance with conscience; defensible; proper
Ancestry of “conscionable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | conscions | — |
| 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 |