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Where does “collegiate” come from?

collegiate (Middle English) comes from Medieval Latin collegiatus, from Latin collēgium, from Latin collēga, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

collegiate (Middle English): Ruled by a grouping of clergy; collegial;...

Definitions

  1. Ruled by a grouping of clergy; collegial;...

Ancestry of “collegiate”, step by step

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

Words derived from “collegiate”

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