myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of coniectura

Etymology of the Latin word coniectura

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-

English conjecture, French conjecture, Italian congettura, Portuguese conjectura, Portuguese conjetura, Spanish conjetura