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Where does “conceptioun” come from?

conceptioun (Middle English) comes from Old French conception, from Latin conceptiō, from Latin concipiō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Ancestry of “conceptioun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchconceptionconception
2Latinconceptiō—
3Latinconcipiō—
4Latincōn-—
5Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
6Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
7Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
10Middle Englishkyt—
11Germankitt—
12Old High Germankuti—
13Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
14Proto-Germanickweduzresin
15Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
16Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “conceptioun”

  • conception
  • misconception
  • preconception
  • reconception
  • conceptional
  • periconceptional
  • preconceptional
  • postconception
  • postconceptional
  • conceptionally
  • preconceptionally
  • periconception
  • periconceptionally
  • conceptionalist
  • anticonception
  • superconception
  • self-conception
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