Etymology of the English word conception
the English word
conceptionderived from the Old French word
conceptionderived from the Latin word
conceptio (conception, action, fact of conceiving)
derived from the Late Latin word
conceptus (conceived, imagined; understood; conception; embryo, fetus)
derived from the Latin word
concipere (form, devise; understand; take in, up, receive)
derived from the Late Latin word
capere (to take; take hold, seize; grasp)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kap-using the Latin prefix
con- (together)
derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
Date
The earliest known usage of conception in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
contraception,
misconceptionUsage
Word found in Modern English
