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Convene

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to come together for a meeting, or to call people together
1
Stage 1 of 2
convenire
Latin · ancient
"to come together"
to come together, from com- (together) and venire (to come)
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Stage 2 of 2
convene
English · 1400s
"to come together for a formal meeting"
settled as the English word for gathering together for a meeting
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