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Where does “conspire” come from?

Conspire comes from Middle English conspiren, from Old French conspirer, from Latin conspirare, formed from the prefix con- meaning "together" and spirare meaning "to breathe."

conspire (English): To secretly plot or make plans together, often...

Definitions

  1. To secretly plot or make plans together, often...

Ancestry of “conspire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishconspiren—
2Old Frenchconspirer—
3Latincōnspīrāre—

Words derived from “conspire”

  • conspiring
  • conspirer
  • conspiringly
  • conspireth
  • conspirophile
  • conspirest
  • coconspire
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