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Etymologies (3)
American Heritage Dictionary (1)
Middle English
incepcion
, from Latin
inceptiō
, inceptiōn-
, from
inceptus
, past participle of
incipere
,
to begin, take up
:
in-
,
in
; see
in-
2
+
capere
,
to take
; see
kap-
in Indo-European roots.
Century Dictionary (1)
=
Old French
inception
, from
Latin
inceptio
(
n
-), from
incipere
,
past participle
inceptus
, begin,
literally
take in, take up: see
incept
.
GNU Webster's 1913 (1)
[L.
inceptio
, fr.
incipere
to begin; pref.
in-
in +
capere
to take. See
Capable
.]
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