Converse
/kənˈvɜːrs/noun
To talk informally with someone; to exchange thoughts in speech.
Did you know?Converse comes from Latin *conversari*, originally meaning “to turn about, live among, associate with,” from *com-* “with” + *vertere* “to turn,” the same root behind words of transformation and reversal.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wer-
“to turn, bend”
Latin
Latin
vertere
“to turn, change, transform”
Latin
Latin
conversari
“to turn about, dwell with, associate with”
Old French
Old French
converser
“to converse, talk together”
Middle English
English
conversen
“to talk together, associate”
Modern English
English
converse
“to talk with someone”