cons + piracy

[Yurt]

cons + piracy

add a dash of theory....

and you have conspiracy theory...or do you?

if you read the definition of the phrase, you could call christianity a conspiracy theory....or islam....or britney spears...

i tried to find the history or root of the word and could not, would be interested to find out the root of conspiracy. i find it humorous that you can split the word up into two words than are similar in nature.

 

[editec]

It comes from the Latin meaning to BREATH together

 

[Yurt]

It comes from the Latin meaning to BREATH together

if true, that is damn funny

 

[editec]

You doubt your uncle editec?

conspire c.1300, from O.Fr. conspirer, from L. conspirare "to agree, unite, plot," lit. "to breathe together," from com- "together" + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit). Conspiracy is from 1386; conspiracy theory is from 1909.

source

 

[Yurt]

You doubt your uncle editec?

conspire c.1300, from O.Fr. conspirer, from L. conspirare "to agree, unite, plot," lit. "to breathe together," from com- "together" + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit). Conspiracy is from 1386; conspiracy theory is from 1909.

source

i almost always ask for a cite, no offense intended

your own link though details how it is not just "breathe" which you not only highlighted, you capitalized. as if that was the one and only root....meaning

to agree, unite, plot

that is from your link....why did you exclude that in your first response? because that is what the word also means now.