English conscious adapts Latin cōnscius with English stress, vowel reduction, and the learned -ous ending.
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conscious
aware, awake, subjectively felt, or deliberate; later also a psychoanalytic noun
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · knowing awarecōnscius
knowing or aware; also knowing something along with another person
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Latin knowing and awareness develop across English senses of perception, wakefulness, subjective feeling, and deliberate action.
Merriam-Webster reports the adjective circa 1600.
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Conscious — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseWord History and First Known Use
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents direct Latin ancestry and the circa-1600 English horizon.
American Heritage Dictionary: consciousHeadword etymology and definitions
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently documents Latin cōnscius and the modern awareness range.
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