speech (the faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak.) · speech (a style of speaking) · negotiation, talk, talks (often in plural)
a negotiation · a (legal) process, a debate (in a parliament or at a conference) · proceedings (mostly in plural, written documentation from a conference)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wert- Sanskrit वृत् (vṛt) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Sanskrit -ति (-ti) Sanskrit वृत्ति (vṛtti)vṛd. Sanskrit वार्त्ता (vārttā) Hindi बात (bāt) Proto-Indo-European *kʷey-? Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-Iranian *čítˢtiš Sanskrit चित्ति (citti) Hindi बातचीत Compound of बात (bāt, “talk, matter”) + *चीत (*cīt), a term found only in…
cross-checking, verification, matching, comparing, comparison, collation (the act of verifying or comparing data, information with other sources) · harmonization, coordination, tallying (bringing things into harmony, making things compatible, or making them correspond or agree with each other) · consultation, discussion, negotiation, interaction, communication, checking (with someone on some issue, e.g. one’s boss or colleagues)
Etymology tree Latin negōtium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin negōtior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin negotiātiōnembor. French négociationbor. Polish negocjacja Borrowed from French négociation.