## Meanings
1. A set of beliefs about what is right and wrong that guides a person or group.
2. A system of moral rules accepted by a society or profession.

## Examples
- She has a strong work ethic and never misses a deadline.
- The medical ethic of doing no harm guides every doctor.

## Derived Forms
- bioethic
- ethician
- ethicism
- ethicistic
- ethicize
- ethicless
- ethicology
- ethicomoral
- ethicophysical
- ethicopolitical
- metaethic

## Related Forms
- ethical
- ethics
- ethos

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰeh₁-
- Root: etik
- Root: ethique
- Root: ēthica
- Root: ἠθική

## Etymology
From Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French ethique, from Late Latin ēthica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), from ἠθικός (ēthikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”).

## AI Etymology
Ethic comes from Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French ethique, from Late Latin ēthica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), from ἠθικός (ēthikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”). In current use, the main senses are “A set of beliefs about what is right and wrong that guides a person or group” and “A system of moral rules accepted by a society or profession”.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Ethics & Social Judgment

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