Where does “conception” come from?
Conception derives from Middle English conceptioun, from Old French conception, from Latin conceptio, the noun form of concipere meaning "to take in or become pregnant," from con- "together" and capere "to take," ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root keh₂p-.
conception (English): The act of conceiving; The state of being...
Definitions
- The act of conceiving; The state of being...
Ancestry of “conception”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | concepcioun | conception beginning of pregnancy |
| 2 | Old French | conception | conception of a child |
| 3 | Latin | conceptiō | idea, notion, conception |
| 4 | Latin | concipiō | to receive or catch, grasp |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “conception”
- misconception
- preconception
- reconception
- conceptional
- periconceptional
- preconceptional
- postconception
- postconceptional
- conceptionally
- preconceptionally
- periconception
- periconceptionally
- anticonception
- conceptionalist
- superconception
- self-conception
- conceptionism
- conceptionist
- interconception
- nonconception
- prevenception
- mythconception
- anticonceptionist
- preconcepție