Etymology of the French word convention
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 French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
conventionné,
conventionnel,
conventionnelDerivations in other languages
English
conventionCognates
Dutch
conventie, English
convention, German
Konvention, Italian
convenzione, Latin
conventio, Norwegian
konvensjon, Russian
конвeнция, Spanish
convencion, Swedish
konvention
