myEtymology.com: English etymology of conjecture

Etymology of the English word conjecture

the English word conjecture

derived from the Latin word coniectura (conjecture, guess, inference)

derived from the Latin word coniectus (throw, shot; act of throwing; throwing, crowding)

derived from the Latin word conicere (throw, cast, fling; throw, put, pile together)

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)

derived from the Latin word icere (hit, strike; smite)

derived from the Latin word coniicere (throw, cast, fling; throw, put, pile together)

derived from the Late Latin word iacere (to throw; lie; lie down; lie ill; throw, hurl, cast)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *yē-

The earliest known usage of conjecture in English dates from the 14th century.

Word found in Modern English