ethical

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἠθικός“of or for morals, moral, expressing character”
2. Late Latin · derived fromethicus“moral, ethical”
3. English todayethical

From ethic + -al, from Late Latin ethicus (“moral, ethical”), from Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”).

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