Congress
The word congress denotes a large formal gathering or meeting of representatives from societies or countries at which ideas are discussed and information is exchanged.
Origin
The word, which has been around since 1400, first corresponded to “a body of attendants.” It picked up the meaning “meeting of armed forces” in the middle of the 15th Century. The sense of “a coming together of people and meeting of individuals” is from the 1520s.
Congress is from the Latin word congressus meaning “a friendly meeting, a hostile takeover’ which is the past participle of congredi “to meet with, to fight with.” The word is essentially the assimilated form of com “with, together with gradi “to walk.”
Usage
Some of the doctors in the hospital were away to attend a medical congress.
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