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Where does “conventional” come from?

Conventional derives from English convention, from Latin conventio (a gathering or agreement), from Latin convenire (to come together), from Latin com- (together).

conventional (English): Pertaining to a convention, as in following...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a convention, as in following...

Ancestry of “conventional”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchconventionnelconventional; conventionalist, conventionnel
2Frenchconventionconvention, agreement; convention
3Middle Frenchconvention—
4Latinconventiō—
5Latinconveniō—
6Latincōn-—
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankitt—
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “conventional”

  • unconventional
  • conventionally
  • conventionality
  • conventionalism
  • nonconventional
  • unconventionality
  • unconventionally
  • postconventional
  • conventionalist
  • conventionalization
  • preconventional
  • conventionalize
  • conventionalisation
  • conventionalise
  • anticonventional
  • nonconventionality
  • conventional PCI
  • unconventionalness
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