Etymology

conspire

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Today it means: To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot. Full definition →

Middle English conspiren ← Old French conspirer ← Latin conspirare
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  1. Latin · derived fromconspirare
  2. Old French · derived fromconspirer
  3. Middle English · inherited fromconspiren
  4. English todayconspire

From Middle English conspiren, from Old French conspirer, from Latin conspirare, conspīrō, from con- (combining form of cum (“with”)) + spīrō (“breathe”).

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