English

self-concept

From self- + concept.

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Latin concipiō ‘to take in’

Latin conceptus ‘a thought’

Middle French concept

Today it means

noun The view of one's self; self-image.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / self-concept