Meanings
adjectivepostconception (not comparable)
alternative post conception · alternative post-conception
- not comparableFollowing conception.
adverbpostconception (not comparable)
alternative post conception · alternative post-conception
- not comparableFollowing conception.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pós
- Proto-Indo-European*pósti
- Proto-Italic*posti
- Old Latinposte
- Latinpost
- Englishpost-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Italic*kapjō
- Latincapiō
- Ancient Greekσῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)
- Latinconcipiō
- Latinconceptiō
- Old Frenchconception
- Middle Englishconcepcioun
- Englishconception
- Englishpostconception
From post- + conception.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
postconception. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postconception
MLA
“postconception.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postconception. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postconception,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postconception.
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