Convention
/kənˈvɛnʃən/noun
An assembly or meeting of people, or a widely accepted custom or agreement.
Did you know?Convention comes from Latin *conventio*, from *convenire*—a word used for both “meeting” and “agreeing,” showing how language has long treated collective gathering as a kind of binding force.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷem-
“to come, go”
Latin
Latin
venire
“to come”
Latin
Latin
convenire
“to come together, assemble; to agree, be suitable”
Latin
Latin
conventio
“a coming together; an agreement; an assembly”
Old French
Old French
convention
“agreement, compact, assembly”
Modern English
English
convention
“an assembly or meeting; a custom or accepted practice”