English
conspiration
Conspiration comes from Latin conspiratio ‘plot, mutiny, conspiracy’, and goes back to spīrō ‘to breathe, draw breath, respire’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEspīrō‘to breathe, draw breath, respire’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnspīrō‘to plot or conspire’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconspiratioas cōnspīrātiō‘plot, mutiny, conspiracy’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600conspiration
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500conspiracioun
- Englishtodayconspiration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEspīrō‘to breathe, draw breath, respire’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnspīrō‘to plot or conspire’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconspiratioas cōnspīrātiō‘plot, mutiny, conspiracy’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600conspiration
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500conspiracioun
- Englishtodayconspiration
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- ‘to breathe’
through Latin spīrō ‘to breathe, draw breath, respire’
spirit, spree, expire, respiratory, sprite, aspire, esprit, spire, aspiration, aspirant, 51 more
Today it means
noun Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin spīrō / conspiration