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Where does the word "consent" come from? It comes from Latin consentire, and was adopted directly into English (1200s).
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Where does the word "consent" come from? It comes from Latin consentire, and was adopted directly into English (1200s).
Consent’s story begins in Latin: consentire meant “to feel together, to agree.” To feel together, to agree, from com- (together) and sentire (to feel). It reached English by 1200s as consent. Settled as the English word for giving permission for something. Today, consent means permission for something to happen, or agreement to do something.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient consentire "to feel together, to agree", to feel together, to agree, from com- (together) and sentire (to feel).
- Stage 2 · English · 1200s consent "to give permission for something to happen", settled as the English word for giving permission for something.