conference

conference · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromcōnferēns
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromcōnferentia
3. Middle French · borrowed fromconférence
4. English todayconference

From Middle French conférence, from Medieval Latin cōnferentia, from Latin cōnferēns, omitting several steps, from con- + ferō. Compare parallel Russian собра́ние (sobránije), Russian сбо́рище (sbórišče), akin to с- (s-), со- (so-) + брать (bratʹ), ultimately from the same Indo-European prefix and root. Also compare congress, convention.

Conference · noun²

After the National British Pear Conference in London in 1885, at which this cultivar won the first prize.