Where does “collaboration” come from?
Collaboration comes from French collaboration, derived from Latin collaboratus, the past participle of collaboro, meaning "to work together," formed from the prefix con- (cum, com) meaning "with" and laborāre meaning "to work."
collaboration (English): The act of collaborating; A production or...
Definitions
- The act of collaborating; A production or...
Ancestry of “collaboration”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | collaboration | collaboration |
| 2 | French | collaborer | to collaborate |
| 3 | Latin | collaboratio | — |
| 4 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 5 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |