Where does “unconscionably” come from?
unconscionably (English) comes from English unconscionable, from English conscionable, from English conscions, from English conscience, from Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin cōnscientia, from Latin conscire — whale, sea monster; abyss.
unconscionably (English): In an unconscionable manner
Definitions
- In an unconscionable manner
Ancestry of “unconscionably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unconscionable | Not conscionable; unscrupulous and lacking... |
| 2 | English | conscionable | In accordance with conscience; defensible; proper |
| 3 | English | conscions | — |
| 4 | English | conscience | The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it... |
| 5 | Middle English | conscience | conscience |
| 6 | Old French | conscience | conscience |
| 7 | Latin | cōnscientia | knowledge shared with others, being in the know or privy to, joint knowledge; complicity |
| 8 | Latin | conscire | present active infinitive of cōnsciō; to know, to... |
| 9 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 18 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |