Where does “conceited” come from?
Conceited comes from English conceit, from Old English -od, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, from Latin concipio meaning to take together, from Latin con- and Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- meaning to seize.
conceited (English): Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's...
Definitions
- Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's...
Ancestry of “conceited”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ed | Used to form past tenses of verbs. In... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ed | Alternative form of -hede |
| 3 | Old English | -ed | formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped... |
Words derived from “conceited”