Where does “nonconscientiousness” come from?
nonconscientiousness (English) comes from English nonconscientious, from English conscientious, from Middle French conscientieux, from Latin cōnscientiōsus, from Latin cōnscientia, from Latin conscire, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — resin.
nonconscientiousness (English): The state of being nonconscientious
Definitions
- The state of being nonconscientious
Ancestry of “nonconscientiousness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nonconscientious | Not conscientious |
| 2 | English | conscientious | Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task... |
| 3 | Middle French | conscientieux | conscientious |
| 4 | Latin | cōnscientiōsus | — |
| 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 |