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Where does “collegial” come from?

Collegial derives from Middle French collégial, meaning relating to a college or collegiate body, itself from Medieval Latin sources meaning shared among colleagues.

collegial (English): Of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues; Ruled by...

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues; Ruled by...

Ancestry of “collegial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishcollegialRuled by a grouping of clergy; collegial
2Middle EnglishcollegeA grouping of clergy; A grouping of teachers and...
3Middle Frenchcollege—
4Old Frenchcollége—
5Latincollēgium—
6Latincollēga—
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
20Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “collegial”

  • collegiality
  • collegially
  • uncollegial
  • noncollegial
  • uncollegiality
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