Where does “pseudoconscience” come from?
pseudoconscience (English) comes from English conscience, from Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin cōnscientia, from Latin conscire, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
pseudoconscience (English): A mindset or mental faculty that is mistaken for a conscience but lacks the truly ethical nature thereof
Definitions
- A mindset or mental faculty that is mistaken for a conscience but lacks the truly ethical nature thereof
Ancestry of “pseudoconscience”, step by step
pseudoconscience traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English conscience
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | conscience | The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it... |
| 2 | Middle English | conscience | conscience |
| 3 | Old French | conscience | conscience |
| 4 | Latin | cōnscientia | knowledge shared with others, being in the know or privy to, joint knowledge; complicity |
| 5 | Latin | conscire | present active infinitive of cōnsciō; to know, to... |
| 6 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 7 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English pseudo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pseudo | An intellectually pretentious person; a... |
| 2 | English | pseudo- | False, not genuine, fake |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ψευδής | lying, false, untrue; deceived, beguiled |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |