Where does “conversationalist” come from?
Conversationalist derives from English conversation, from French conversation, from Latin conversor (one who converses), from Latin converto (to turn together), from Proto-Indo-European -idyé-.
conversationalist (English): A person who participates in a conversation; A...
Definitions
- A person who participates in a conversation; A...
Ancestry of “conversationalist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | conversational | of, relating to, or in the style of a... |
| 2 | English | conversation | Expression and exchange of individual ideas... |
| 3 | Middle English | conversacioun | — |
| 4 | French | conversation | conversation |
| 5 | Latin | conversātiō | way of life, conduct or behavior |
| 6 | Latin | conversor | first-person singular present passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |