Where does “convention” come from?
Convention derives from Middle French convention, from Latin conventio, a noun derived from Latin convenire, meaning "to come together," formed from the prefix com- meaning "with" or "together."
convention (English): A meeting or gathering; A formal deliberative...
Definitions
- A meeting or gathering; A formal deliberative...
Ancestry of “convention”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | convention | — |
| 2 | Latin | conventiō | meeting of people |
| 3 | Latin | conveniō | to convene, assemble, gather, meet or come together |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “convention”
- conventional
- unconventional
- conventionally
- conventionality
- conventionalism
- nonconventional
- unconventionality
- unconventionally
- postconventional
- conventionalist
- conventionalization
- preconventional
- preconvention
- reconvention
- conventionalize
- conventionalisation
- postconvention
- conventionalise
- conventioneer
- anticonventional
- conventionary
- conventionist
- concom
- nonconventionality