Etymology

postconceptionally

Today it means: After conceiving a child. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English postconceptional
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  14. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  15. Latincapiō
  16. Ancient Greekσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)
  17. Latinconcipiō
  18. Latinconceptiō
  19. Old Frenchconception
  20. Middle Englishconcepcioun
  21. Englishconception
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Englishconceptional
  25. Englishpostconceptional
  26. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  27. Proto-Germanic*līką
  28. English todaypostconceptionally

From postconceptional + -ly.

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