Etymology of the Latin word collapsus
the Latin word
collapsusderived from the Latin word
collabi (collapse, fall down, in ruin)
using 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 Late Latin word
labi (slip, slip and fall; slide)
Derivations in other languages
English
collapse, English
collapsed, Italian
collasso, Portuguese
colapso, Romanian
colaps, Spanish
colapsoUsage
Word found in New Latin, Classical Latin