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English word conversation comes from Latin verso, Latin conversor

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verso (Latin)

I turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over. I turn over in mind, meditate.

conversor (Latin)

conversare (Latin)

conversation (Old French)

conversation (English)

(nonstandard, ambitransitive) To engage in conversation (with). (archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life. [from 14th c.]. (computing) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.. (fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.. (obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others. [...]

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