Middle English adopts Anglo-French conscience with English stress and phonological adaptation.
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conscience
awareness of conduct, morality, or inward knowledge
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedAnglo-French · Anglo-French period · moral awarenessconscience
conscience, consciousness, or inward awareness
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Inward knowledge and moral awareness remain linked during the borrowing.
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established — American Heritage labels the French source Old French rather than Anglo-French.
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Conscience — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseWord History: Middle English from Anglo-French
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the medieval borrowing route.
American Heritage Dictionary: conscienceHeadword etymology: Middle English from Old French
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Preserves the alternate continental French label for the transmission stage.
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