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Where does “collaboratively” come from?

Collaboratively comes from English collaborate, derived from Latin collaborare (to work together), formed from the prefix con- (with) and laborare (to work), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European līg-.

collaboratively (English): characterized or done by collaboration

Definitions

  1. characterized or done by collaboration

Ancestry of “collaboratively”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcollaborativeOf, relating to, or done by collaboration; An...
2EnglishcollaborateTo work together with others to achieve a common...
3EnglishcollaboratorA person who works with others towards a common...
4Frenchcollaborateurcollaborator; One who collaborates or has...
5Frenchcollaborerto collaborate
6Latincollaboratio—
7Latincom-allomorph of con-
8Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Germankitt—
16Old High Germankuti—
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
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