meeting (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[meeting 词源字典]
"action of coming together," Old English gemeting, verbal noun from meet (v.). Meaning "gathering of people for discussion, etc." is from 1510s. In 17c., it was applied generally to worship assemblies of nonconformists, but this now is retained mostly by Quakers.[meeting etymology, meeting origin, 英语词源]