Etymology

concetto

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Today it means: Affected wit; a witty turn of phrase; a conceit. Full definition →

Italian concetto ← Latin conceptus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromconceptus
  2. Italian · borrowed fromconcetto
  3. English todayconcetto

Borrowed from Italian concetto, from Latin conceptus. See conceit and concept, which are doublets.

Words from the same roots

Latinconceptus all →

conceptconceptual

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.