ethic

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A set of beliefs about what is right and wrong that guides a person or group.

   She has a strong work ethic and never misses a deadline.

2. 2
   noun

   A system of moral rules accepted by a society or profession.

   The medical ethic of doing no harm guides every doctor.

Simplified etymology

Ethic entered late Middle English through Old French from Latin ethice, itself from Greek hē ēthikē tekhnē, “the science of morals.” It first referred to ethics or moral philosophy and is based ultimately on Greek ēthos, “nature” or “disposition.”

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”).

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