Etymology

conjuration

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Today it means: Conjuring, legerdemain or magic. Full definition →

Middle English conjuracioun ← Middle French conjuration ← Old French conjuracion
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromconiuratio“a swearing together, a conspiracy”
  2. Old French · derived fromconjuracion
  3. Middle French · derived fromconjuration
  4. Middle English · inherited fromconjuracioun
  5. English todayconjuration

From Middle English conjuracioun, from Middle French conjuration, from Old French conjuracion, from Latin coniuratio (“a swearing together, a conspiracy”).

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