Where does “colaborare” come from?

colaborare (Romanian) comes from Romanian colabora, from French collaborer, from Latin collaboratio, 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,...

colaborare (Romanian): collaboration

Definitions

  1. collaboration

Ancestry of “colaborare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancolaborato collaborate
2Frenchcollaborerto collaborate
3Latincollaboratio
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
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
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,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-