Etymology of the English word convention
the English word
conventionderived from the French word
conventionderived from the Latin word
conventio (assembly of the people; assembly, meeting; suing)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
conventus (agreement, covenant; coming together; convent, monastery; religious community; gathering, meeting; assembly)
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 convention in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
conventioneer,
conventioner,
miniconventionCognates
Dutch
conventie, French
convention, German
Konvention, Italian
convenzione, Latin
conventio, Norwegian
konvensjon, Russian
конвeнция, Spanish
convencion, Swedish
konventionUsage
Word found in Modern English
