myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of conceptio

Etymology of the Latin word conceptio

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)

derived from the Latin word con-(cum)

French conception, Italian concezione, Portuguese conceição, Portuguese concepção, Portuguese concepcional, Spanish concepción