Etymology of the English word convenient
the English word
convenientderived from the Late Latin word
conveniens (agreed, conventional, based on agreement; fitting; appropriate; comfortable)
derived from the Late Latin word
convenire (be appropriate to, fit, be correctly shaped; it agrees, came together, is agreed; meet, assemble; go to meet; resort to; sue, prosecute)
derived from the Latin word
venire (to come; go for sale, be sold , be disposed of for)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷā-using the Latin prefix
con- (together)
derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
Date
The earliest known usage of convenient in English dates from the 14th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
