[Kalam]

“late Middle English (denoting an encounter during battle): from Latin congressus, from congredi ‘meet’, from con- ‘together’ + gradi ‘walk’.”

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Thanks, that was quick. Additional Question - Did you happen to find any relationships between the word congregate and congress? The word congregate and congregation has this sense of ‘being together’ too.

[ichabod1]

I’m just pulling snippets off of Go 0gle but it appears they are not the same word:

late Middle English: from Latin congregat- ‘collected (into a flock), united’, from the verb congregare, from con- ‘together’ + gregare (from grex, greg- ‘a flock’).

[blu]

They are called “root “ words...most commonly of Latin descent. Learn one in Latin explains 188 in English.