myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of collega

Etymology of the Latin word collega

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)

French collegue, French collègue, French colleague, Italian collega, Portuguese colega, Spanish colega

Dutch collega, English colleague, French collègue, German Kollege, Italian collega, Lithuanian kolega, Norwegian kollega, Polish kolega, Russian коллега, Swedish kollega