Where does “konverso” come from?
konverso (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto konversi, from Esperanto konversacii, from Esperanto konversacio, from French conversation, from Latin conversātiō, from Latin conversor, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Ancestry of “konverso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | konversi | to converse, have a conversation |
| 2 | Esperanto | konversacii | to converse, have a conversation |
| 3 | Esperanto | konversacio | conversation |
| 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,... |