Etymology of the English word contraception
the English word
contraceptionderived from 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)
using the English prefix
contra-derived from the Latin prefix
contra-derived from the Latin word
contraderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
Date
The earliest known usage of contraception in English dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in English
contraceptDerivations in other languages
French
contraception, Italian
contraccezione, Spanish
contracepciónCognates
Dutch
contraceptie, French
contraception, German
KontrazeptionUsage
Word found in Modern English
