Etymology of the Latin word conventio
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)
Derivations in other languages
French
convention, Italian
convenzione, Portuguese
convenção, Portuguese
convencional, Spanish
convenciónCognates
Dutch
conventie, English
convention, French
convention, German
Konvention, Italian
convenzione, Norwegian
konvensjon, Russian
конвeнция, Spanish
convencion, Swedish
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