English
subconversation
From sub- + conversation.
Formed from sub- + conversation
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn’
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Latin conversor ‘to associate with’
Latin conversātiō ‘way of life, conduct’
Old French conversacion
Middle English conversacioun
English conversation
Today it means
noun A conversation making up part of a larger conversation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / subconversation