Etymology of the English word colleague
the English word
colleaguederived from the French word
colleguederived from the Latin word
collega (colleague; associate)
derived from the Latin word
legare (bequeath, will; entrust)
derived from the Latin word
lex (law; motion, bill; word)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
using the Latin prefix
con- (together)
derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
derived from the French word
colleaguederived from the Latin word
collega (colleague; associate)
derived from the Latin word
legare (bequeath, will; entrust)
derived from the Latin word
lex (law; motion, bill; word)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
using the Latin prefix
con- (together)
derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
Date
The earliest known usage of colleague in English dates from the 16th century.
Cognates
Dutch
collega, French
collègue, German
Kollege, Italian
collega, Latin
collega, Lithuanian
kolega, Norwegian
kollega, Polish
kolega, Russian
коллега, Swedish
kollegaUsage
Word found in Modern English
