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conceptual

/kənˈsɛp.tjʊəl/ · adj

Meaning

  1. Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
  2. Existing only in the imagination.
  3. Of or relating to conceptualism.

Etymology / origin

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 *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin conceptus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin conceptuālisbor. English conceptual Borrowed from Medieval Latin conceptuālis, from Latin conceptus, perfect passive participle of concipiō (“take hold of; conceive”); see concept and -al.

  1. conceptus(Latin)
  2. conceptuālis(la-med)
  3. conceptual (English)
  4. Relations: bor, der

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