Etymology

anticoncept

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Today it means: An opposite concept. Full definition →

English concept ← Middle French concept ← Latin conceptus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Latinconceptus
  8. Middle Frenchconcept
  9. Englishconcept
  10. English todayanticoncept

From anti- + concept.

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