Etymology of the French word contraception
the French word
contraceptionderived from 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 French dates from the 20th century.
Cognates
Dutch
contraceptie, English
contraception, German
Kontrazeption
