conception

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an idea or way of understanding something

   Her conception of happiness was very different from mine.

2. 2
   noun

   the moment when a woman or animal becomes pregnant

   The egg is fertilised at the moment of conception.

3. 3
   noun

   the act of forming a plan or design in the mind

   The project was hers from conception to completion.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin conceptiōbor. Old French conceptionbor. Middle English concepcioun English conception From Middle English concepcioun, borrowed from Old French conception, from Latin conceptiō (“a comprehending, a collection, composition, an express…

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