Etymology

nonconception

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Today it means: A failure to conceive; The aftermath of sexual intercourse in which there is no fertilization of an egg by sperm. Full definition →

English conception ← Middle English concepcioun ← Old French conception
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  16. Proto-Italic*kom
  17. Proto-Italic*kom-
  18. Latincon-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  21. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  22. Latincapiō
  23. Ancient Greekσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)
  24. Latinconcipiō
  25. Latinconceptiō
  26. Old Frenchconception
  27. Middle Englishconcepcioun
  28. Englishconception
  29. English todaynonconception

From non- + conception.

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