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Where does “collegiate” come from?

Collegiate comes from Middle English collegiate, from Medieval Latin collegiatus, from Latin collegium, a body of colleagues united by a common purpose or association.

collegiate (English): Of, or relating to a college, or college...

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to a college, or college...

Ancestry of “collegiate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishcollegiateRuled by a grouping of clergy; collegial;...
2Medieval Latincollegiatuscolleague; A fellow member of a college,...
3Latincollēgium—
4Latincollēga—
5Latincom-allomorph of con-
6Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt—
13Germankitt—
14Old High Germankuti—
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “collegiate”

  • intercollegiate
  • precollegiate
  • postcollegiate
  • noncollegiate
  • collegiately
  • subcollegiate
  • intercollegiately
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