Conversation
/ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃən/noun
A spoken exchange of ideas or information between two or more people.
Did you know?Conversation comes through Latin from a verb meaning “to live with, keep company with,” so the word originally carried the energy of shared life, not just speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wer-
“to turn, bend”
Latin
Latin
vertere
“to turn”
Latin
Latin
conversari
“to live with, associate with, keep company with”
Old French
Old French
conversacion
“living together, familiar intercourse; discourse”
Middle English
English
conversacioun
“association, manner of living; talk, discourse”
Modern English
English
conversation
“spoken exchange of ideas or information”