Where does “conversant” come from?

conversant (Latin) comes from Latin converso, from Latin convertō, from Proto-Italic komwertō — to turn back.

conversant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “conversant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinconversoI turn around or over; I ponder; I consort or...
2Latinconvertōto turn upside-down; to invert
3Proto-Italickomwertōto turn back
Every word from Proto-Italic komwertō →Every word from Latin convertō →Every word from Latin converso →