Where does “conversa” come from?

conversa (Chavacano) comes from Spanish conversar, from Latin converso, from Latin convertō, from Proto-Italic komwertō — to turn back.

conversa (Chavacano): to speak

Definitions

  1. to speak

Ancestry of “conversa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishconversarto talk, converse
2LatinconversoI turn around or over; I ponder; I consort or...
3Latinconvertōto turn upside-down; to invert
4Proto-Italickomwertōto turn back

Words derived from “conversa”

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