Etymology

periconception

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Today it means: Around the time of conception Full definition →

English conception ← Middle English concepcioun ← Old French conception
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  6. Proto-Italic*kom
  7. Proto-Italic*kom-
  8. Latincon-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  11. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  12. Latincapiō
  13. Ancient Greekσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)
  14. Latinconcipiō
  15. Latinconceptiō
  16. Old Frenchconception
  17. Middle Englishconcepcioun
  18. Englishconception
  19. English todaypericonception

From peri- + conception.

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