Etymology

reconception

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Today it means: A new conception or way of conceiving something Full definition →

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

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

From re- + conception.

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