late 14c., ethik "study of morals," from Old French etique (13c.), from Late Latin ethica , from Greek ethike philosophia "moral philosophy," fem. of ethikos "ethical," from ethos "moral character," related to ethos "custom" (see ethos ). Meaning "a person's moral principles" is attested from 1650s.
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