The story
- Latin · borrowed frompraegnāns“pregnant”
- Latin · borrowed fromcōnstructiō“a grammatical construction”
- English todaypraegnans constructio
From Latin cōnstructiō (“a grammatical construction”) and Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”).
Words from the same roots
Latincōnstructiō all →
constructionconstructio ad sensum
Latinpraegnāns all →
pregnantpregnane
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.