Etymology

conventiculum

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Today it means: A short intensive immersion workshop where participants speak only Latin (or sometimes Ancient Greek) from morning to night, typically featuring conversation circles, games, lectures, meals, and excursions, all conducted exclusively in the ancient language. Full definition →

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  1. Latin · borrowed fromconventiculum
  2. English todayconventiculum

Borrowed from Latin conventiculum, diminutive of conventus (“meeting; conjunction; agreement”)

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.